LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and ink heightened with white and gold on paper

Measurements:

10.98 in. (27.90 cm.) (height) by 7.87 in. (20.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower right Gustave Moreau

Exhibited:

Tokyo, Fujikawa Gallery,. Moreau-Bourdelle , 1971, no. 14 (reproduced); . Tokyo, Central Art Gallery; Osaka, Fujikawa Gallery; and Kobe, Fujikawa Gallery, . Exhibition Honoring Fujikawa Gallery's 35th Anniversary: Gustave Moreau , October 26-December 12, 1974, no. 14

Literature:

P.-L. Mathieu,. Gustave Moreau, sa vie, son oeuvre, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre achevé, Paris, 1976, n° 268 (reproduced);. P.-L. Mathieu, . Gustave Moreau, Monographie et nouveau catalogue de l'oeuvre achevé , Paris, 1998, p. 370, n° 299, (reproduced

Provenance:

Duruflé Collection;. Georges Wildenstein, Paris;. Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR Inv. No. W160);. Transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1941;. Transferred to the German Reich, 15 Jan 1943;. Recovered from the 'Lager Peter' art repository, 10 Oct 1944 and subsequently restituted to Georges Wildenstein;. Wildenstein & Co., New York; . Acquired from the above in 1980