Lot 30
  • 30

Félix Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux

Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Félix Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux
  • The Arab Scouts
  • signed and dated F. Philippoteaux 1866 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 59 by 99cm., 23¼ by 39in.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, 26 June 2007, lot 119
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Probably, Paris, Salon, 1866, no. 1542 (as Eclaireurs Arabes)

Literature

Probably, Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie & Louis Auvray, Les Artistes de l’Ecole Française, vol. II, Paris, 1885, p. 236, cited
Elisabeth Cazenave, Les artistes de l’Algérie, dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs 1830-1962, 2010, p. 355, a detail illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been relined, however from inspection on the reverse the lining canvas appears to be a loose lining in places rather than being fully attached all over. Under ultra-violet light the varnish fluoresces somewhat unevenly, and a number of areas of retouching notably in much of the sky between the large tree and upper-right corner, in and around the treetrunk, in part of the foliage, and a number of smaller areas and scattered spots of retouching in the sky in the upper-left quadrant of the composition. The overall appearance of the work under normal light is good and it is ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame, with a nameplate and a cloth-covered inner slip.
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