LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

canvas: 62 by 29 in.; 157.5 by 73.6 cm

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated W. BOUGUEREAU 1887 (lower left)

Condition:

framed: 73 by 40 in.; 185.4 by 101.6 cm To request a condition report for this lot, please contact [email protected].

Literature:

The artist's carnet de comptes, 1887. Braun & Clément, Oeuvres choisies des maîtres anciens et moderns, no. 3003, illustrated (as Bergère). Mark Steven Walker, "William Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," William Adolphe Bouguereau, L’Art Pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 73. Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, no. 1887/05,; and in the revised 2014 edition, no. 1887/05. Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, His life and works, New York, 2010, p. 332, illustrated p. 333, pl. 198; and in the revised 2014 edition, p. 332, illustrated p. 333, pl. 19. Frederick C. Ross and Kara Lysandra Ross, William Bouguereau, The Essential Works, New York, 2018, p. 177.

Provenance:

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired via their Paris agency in December 1887 directly from the artist and transferred to London in January 1888, no. 478 as La Bergère) Robert H. Goddard, Providence, Rhode Island (acquired from the above in June 1888) The Rhode Island Hospital, Providence (and sold to benefit the Hasbro Children's Hospital, Christie's, New York, May 25, 1994, lot 67, illustrated) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner