Roderic O'CONOR (1860-1940) Nude with red pearl necklace Oil on canvas. Studio sale stamp on back. 81 x 65 cm Provenance : - Studio sale - Collection of Oscar Ghez, Geneva. - Sale Beaussant - Lefèvre, December 18, 2015. - Private collection. A notice from Jonathan Benington dated March 13, 1998 will be given to the buyer. The frieze seen in the background above the left leg left leg is a bronze sculpture by by Honoré Daumier entitled Les émigrants, then part of Roderic O'Conor's collection. O'Conor's collection. According to Roderic O'Conor Roderic O'Conor's work, the red collar was added added later, most likely by the artist's wife wife Renée Honta, who was also a painter. painter.

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