Property from a New York Estate
William Bouguereau
La Fille du pêcheur (The Fisherman's Daughter)
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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 a New York Estate
William Bouguereau
French 1825 - 1905
La Fille du pêcheur (The Fisherman's Daughter)
signed and dated lower left: W-BOUGUEREAU-1881
oil on canvas
canvas: 45 ⅝ by 31 ⅝ in.; 115.9 by 80.3 cm
framed: 48 ⅝ by 34 ¾ in.; 123.5 by 88.3 cm
Executed in 1881.
With Goupil et Cie., Paris (acquired directly from the artist on 15 February 1881)
With Sécrétan & Co. (acquired from the above on 23 February 1881)
Private Collection, United States (acquired in 1915)
Private Collection, United States
Thence by descent to the present owner
Goupil, Boussod & Valladon Sales Register, vol. 10, 1879-1882, no. 15904
Charles Vendryès, “Catalogue illustré des oeuvres de Bouguereau,” in Ludovic Baschet (ed.), Dictionnaire illustré des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1885, p. 61 (dated 1880)
Charles de Franqueville, Le Premier siècle de l'Institut, vol. 1, Paris 1895, p. 370
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris 1900, p. 154
Mark Steven Walker, “William Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings” in William-Adolphe Bouguereau: L'Art Pompier, exh. cat., New York 1991, p. 71
Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York 2010, pp. 204, no. 1881/03, illustrated
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