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Alfred Stevens

Reading hour

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Alfred Stevens

Belgian

1823 - 1906

Reading hour


signed and dated AStevens. 85 lower left

oil on canvas

unframed: 46 by 38cm., 18 by 15in.

framed: 65 by 57cm., 25½ by 22½in.


To be included in the Stevens catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Comité Alfred Stevens.

George I. Seney Collection, New York (Seney (1826-1893) was a banker, philanthropist and eminent collector with a particular interest in contemporary European art)

His estate sale: American Art Galleries, New York, 7-9 February 1894, lot 55, as On the Balcony (A lady is seated, at a shaded window which opens on a garden bright with summer. She wears a black demi-toilette, as if expecting to receive a visitor)

G. W. Luyster, New York (purchased at the above sale)

Forlì, San Domenico Museums, L'Arte della Moda, 18 March - 2 July 2023