LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Henri Fantin-Latour

Size Notes:

15? by 16 in.

Edition:

Executed in 1861.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Fantin and dated 1861 (upper right)

Condition:

This work is in overall very good condition. The canvas is lined. The edges are sealed with a wax coating. Minor abrasion to the edges. There is one pindot loss at the top edge center. Under UV light: several pindots of inpainting in the upper center background. Another small stroke of inpainting above the rightmost red fruit. A thick layer of varnish may obstruct a closer reading. Framed: 23? by 24? in. (59.4 by 61.3 cm.)

Provenance:

Philippon Collection, Paris Hôtel Drouot Paris, June 1919 (consigned by the above) Georges Bernheim, Paris F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris Etienne Bignou, Paris J. Slagmuller, Amsterdam Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 20 November 1923, lot 14 (consigned by the above) Steinmetz Collection, Amsterdam P. W. Scherjon-Muller Amsterdam, 4 November 1947, lot 82 Jacobes Spreiregen Sotheby's London, 17 July 1957, lot 75 (consigned by the above) Arthur Tooth & Sons, London Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lewis, Melplash Court, Dorset (acquired from the above in 1977) Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above) Duke's Dorchester, 14 April 2011, lot 259 Private Collection (acquired from the above) Christie's South Kensington, 10 February 2012, lot 220 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner