ID 878455 
Lot 38  | WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU (FRENCH, 1825-1905)
Estimate value
£ 220 000 – 280 000 
Réflexion
signed and dated 'W-BOUGEREAV-1905.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. (100.3 x 88.3 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly, R. Lerondelle, Paris.
Anonymous sale; American Art Association, New York, 8 January 1930, lot 96, as The Model (incorrectly dated 1904).
Private collection, New York.
Their sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 November 1945, lot 60, as The Model (incorrectly dated 1904).
William E. Greve, Southampton, NY, purchased at the above sale.
Gifted by the above to the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY, 1955, deaccessioned 16 September 1978.
with Alexander Raydon Gallery, New York.
Literature
M. S. Walker, 'A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings,' William-Adolphe Bouguereau: l'art pompier, New York, 1991, p. 75, as Le modèle.
D. Bartoli and F. Ross, William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, pp. 358-359, no. 1905/02, illustrated.
Special notice
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