ID 1306141
Lot 252 | JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN (1852-1931)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
La scène d'Opéra
signed 'forain' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 28 5/8 in. (60.3 x 72.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1910
Provenance
The Leicester Galleries, London; sale, Christie's, London, 20 May 1960, lot 73.
Private collection, United Kingdom; sale, Christie's, London, 6 December 1968, lot 23.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1987, lot 64.
Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 2000s.
Literature
'Letters to the Editor', in The Daily Telegraph, 10 June 2010, p. 25 (illustrated).
Further details
Florence Valdès-Forain intends to include this work in her forthcoming Forain catalogue raisonné.
| Artist: | Jean Louis Forain (1852 - 1931) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean Louis Forain (1852 - 1931) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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