Property from an English Private Collection
William Bouguereau
Glaneuse (Young Girl in a Wheat Field)
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February 5, 07:30 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Bid
350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an English Private Collection
William Bouguereau
French 1825 - 1905
Glaneuse (Young Girl in a Wheat Field)
signed and dated lower left: W-BOUGUEREAU-1875
oil on canvas
canvas: 51 ⅝ by 30 ¾ in.; 131.1 by 78.1 cm
framed: 53 ¾ by 33 in.; 136.5 by 83.8 cm
Executed in 1875.
With Goupil et Cie., Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 6 November 1875)
With Goupil et Cie., London (acquired from the above in May 1876)
Acquired from the above by the Grandparents of the present owner
Thence by family descent
The artist's accounts
Goupil, Boussod & Valladon Sales Register, vol. 8, Paris 1875-1876, no. 10675
Charles Vendryès, “Catalogue illustré des oeuvres de Bouguereau,” in Ludovic Baschet (ed.), Dictionnaire illustré des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1885, p. 53 (with line illustration)
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris 1900, p. 152
Mark Steven Walker, “William Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings” in William-Adolphe Bouguereau: L'Art Pompier, exh. cat., New York 1991, p. 70
Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York 2010, p.167, no. 1875/13, pl. 137, illustrated
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