LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Henri Fantin-Latour

Size Notes:

11 by 13? in.

Edition:

Executed in 1870.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Fantin. and dated 70 (lower right)

Condition:

The edges are taped. Frame abrasion along all four edges with associated losses. Hairline craquelure throughout to the varnish layer. Under UV: one area of inpainting at the upper center left, near the top edge. Scattered strokes of inpainting along the edges to address the aforementioned frame abrasion. This work is in overall good condition. Framed: 17½ by 20 in. (44.5 by 50.8 cm.)

Literature:

Madame Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, no. 432, listed p. 57

Provenance:

Edwin Edwards, London F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris Alfred Baillehache, Paris Hôtel Drouot Paris, 5 June 1909, lot 7 (consigned by the above) Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Amsterdam Thomas McLean, London Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, Boston Mrs. J.D. Cameron Bradley, Boston (acquired by descent from the above) Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York Estate of Elwood B. Hosmer, Montreal (acquired from the above in January 1936) Thence by descent to the present owner