Property from a Distinguished Hong Kong Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
In the hammam
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50,000 - 80,000 GBP
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45,000 GBP
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Property from a Distinguished Hong Kong Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Vesoul 1824–1904 Paris
In the hammam
signed and dedicated lower left: à son ami Narrey / J.L. Gérôme
oil on canvas
unframed: 41.7 x 32.5 cm.; 16⅜ x 12¾ in.
framed: 56 x 46.5 cm.; 22 x 18¼ in.
We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for endorsing the attribution to this work which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist.
Charles Narrey (1825–1892), a gift from the artist (Narrey was a novelist and playwright who made his debut at the Théâtre de l'Odéon with two comedies, Les Notables de l'endroit and En bonne fortune);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 28 November 1986, lot 78;
Where purchased by the present owners.
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Monographie révisée, Catalogue raisonné mis à jour, Paris 2000, p. 368, no. 522.5, reproduced on p. 369 (as studio of Gérôme).
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