ID 878486
Lot 32 | WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU (FRENCH, 1825-1905)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Jeune fille couronnée de pampres
signed and dated 'W-BOUGVEREAV-1874.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (42.3 x 36 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
with Goupil et Cie., Paris, purchased directly from the above, 2 November 1874.
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York, purchased directly from the above, 18 December 1874.
Harry T. Cox (d. circa 1901), Brooklyn.
His sale; Amerian Art Association, 17 January 1902, lot 45, as A Child of the Vintage.
D. (possibly B.) G. Gunther, purchased at the above sale.
Edward Brandus (1857-1937), New York.
His sale; Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 12-14 March 1906, lot 49, as Vintage Day.
with John Fenning, New York.
Private collection, Florida.
Purchased directly from the estate of the above by the present owner.
Literature
C. Vendryès, Catalogue illustre´ des œuvres de W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1885, p. 51.
M. Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 152.
'Paintings Sold at Auction, 1905-1907,' American Art Annual 1907-1908, New York, 1908, v. 6, p. 44, as Vintage Day.
M. S. Walker, 'A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings,' in William Bouguereau: l’art pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 69.
D. Bartoli and F. Ross, William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, p. 160, no. 1874/16, illustrated.
Special Notice
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