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Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)

Lot 27
20.10.2022 18:00UTC -05:00
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$ 1 500 000
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ID 819767
Lot 27 | Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)
Estimate value
$ 1 500 000 – 2 000 000
Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)

Ballerine Spagnole al Moulin Rouge

oil on canvas

38 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. (97.2 x 80 cm.)

Painted circa 1905





Provenance

The artist.

Emilia Cardona Boldini (later Cardona-Marinelli, 1899-1977), his wife, by descent, until at least 1948.

Gastone Guetta, Milan, probably by 1962.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1995, lot 333, as Ballerine spagnole al Moulin Rouge.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

'Por Galerias y Exposiciones: Giovanni Boldini,' Histonium no. 104, Buenos Aires, 1948, p. 352, illustrated, as Les Espagnoles.

E. Cardona, Boldini nel suo tempo, Milan, 1951, no. 25, illustrated, also illustrated on the cover, as Le spagnole.

E. Cardona, Boldini Parisien d'Italie, Paris, 1952, no. 25, illustrated, as Les Espagnoles.

E. Cardona, Pittori italiani dell'Ottocento: Giovanni Boldini, Genoa, 1959, fig. 25, illustrated, as Le Spagnole.

D. Cecchi, Boldini, Turin, 1962, pp. 176-7, no. 30, illustrated with an engraving, as Le spagnole al 'Moulin Rouge.'

E. Camesasca, L'opera complete di Boldini, Milan, 1970, p. 121, no. 409, fig. XLV, illustrated.

E. Piceni, Boldini, L'uomo e l'opera, Busto Arsizio, 1981, fig. 46, illustrated, as Le spagnole.

G. L. Marini, 'Il valore dei dipinti dell'Ottocento e del primo Nocovento,' Annuari di economia dell'arte, Turin, 1995, pp. 93-94, illustrated.

L. Fieri, Arte Antica '95: Biennale Di Antiquariato, Turin, 1995, p. 93.

T. Panconi, Giovanni Boldini. L'uomo e la pittura, Pisa, 1998, p. 208, no. 123.

B. Doria, Giovani Boldini. Catalogo generale dagli archivi Boldini, Milan, 2000, no. 492, as Le Spagnole del Moulin Rouge.

T. Panconi, Giovanni Boldini: L'opera completa, Florence, 2002, p. 466, illustrated.

P. Dini and F. Dini, Giovanni Boldini, catalogo ragionato, Turin, 2004, vol. I, plate XCVI, illustrated, vol. III, p. 453, no. 857, illustrated.

E. Savoia, Giovanni Boldini: capolavori e opere inedite dall'Atelier dell'artista, Crocetta del Montello, 2011, p. 104, illustrated in an in situ photograph at the 1963 exhibition.

E. Savoia and F. Maspes, Boldini: Parisien d’Italie, Milan, 2014, p. 85, illustrated.

F. Dini and L. Bozal, Boldini y la pintura española a finales del siglo XIX: el espíritu de una época, Madrid, 2019, pp. 82-84, fig. 14, illustrated.



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Boldini 1842-1931, 7-31 May 1931, p. 27, no. 72, as Espagnoles.

Cesena, Biblioteca Malatestiana, Mostra di artisti ferraresi a Mostra retrospettiva di Giovanni Boldini, 29 August-19 September 1937, no. 58, as Donne spagnole.

Florence, Galleria Privata Luigi Bellini, Opere di Giovanni Boldini, 3-30 June 1937, no. 195, as Spagnole.

New York, Newhouse Galleries, Works by Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931, 8 March-2 April 1938, no. 6, as The Spaniards.

Florence, Palazzo Pitti, La peinture française à Florence, 1945, p. 74, no. 136, pl. XCII, illustrated, as Les Espagnoles.

Buenos Aires, Wildenstein SA, Exposicion Boldini, 1948, no. 15, illustrated, as Les Espagnoles.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-Andre, Boldini, March-May 1963, p. 36, no. 89, as Les Espagnoles.

Ferrara, Casa Romei, Mostra di Giovanni Boldini, 25 July-31 October 1963, p. 45, no. 88, fig. 40, illustrated, as Le spagnole.

Padova, Fondazione Palazzo Zabarella, Boldini, 15 January-29 May 2005, no. 65.

Forli, Museo San Domenico, Boldini: lo spettacolo della modernità, 1 February-14 June 2015, no. 13, illustrated.
Artist:Giovanni Boldini (1842 - 1931)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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