LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

21.65 in. (55.00 cm.) (height) by 25.79 in. (65.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Eug F. lower right

Literature:

Eugène Fromentin, 'Une Année dans le Sahel', Sahara et Sahel, vol. II, Paris, 1887, p. 350, the engraving illustrated; Barbara Wright & James Thompson, Eugène Fromentin, Paris, 2008, p. 387, illustrated

Provenance:

Hector Brame, Paris (by 1879); Private Collection, California (sale: Christie's, New York, 24 May 1989, lot 32); Dr Edward T. Wilson, Maryland (purchased at the above sale; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 18 April 2008, lot 130); Purchased at the above sale by the present owner