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EMILE FRIANT | A child's sorrow
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description
- Emile Friant
- A child's sorrow
- Signed and dated lower left E. Friant / 97
- Black pencil on extended sheet of paper
- 69,5 x 51 cm ; 27 3/8 by 20 in.
Provenance
Probably, Sale of M. Corbin's collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 & 20 October 1936, lot 39, titled Les petites soeurs
Exhibited
Emile Friant, le dernier naturaliste ?, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 4 November 2016 - 27 February 2017, n°92c, illustrated p. 175
Literature
For an illustration of the final painting, see Collecting in the Gilded Age, Art patronage in Pittsburgh 1890-1910, The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 1997, n° 96 p. 259 ;
Henri Claude, Friant, Vaux, 2005, illustrated p.122 ;
Exhibition catalogue, A l'épreuve du réel, Les peintres et la photographie au XIXe siècle, Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, 30 June - 1st October 2012, illustrated p. 128
Henri Claude, Friant, Vaux, 2005, illustrated p.122 ;
Exhibition catalogue, A l'épreuve du réel, Les peintres et la photographie au XIXe siècle, Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, 30 June - 1st October 2012, illustrated p. 128
Condition
the drawing: - drawing on two sheets of tainted paper : the original sheet of 54 x 37 cm and the extended sheet (total : 69,5 x 91 cm) - small white spots in the background (upper left, and by the little girl on the right, and on her left arm) - traces (probably glue) lower left of the original sheet, and another one towards the upper right of the original sheet the print: - good condition - two little foxing areas in the background, above the girls' heads; - some foxing on the edges; - some creasing; - small fold in the left corner; - sold framed with a glass pane and natural wooden frame
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
To be sold with a print of the same subject.
Study for Chagrin d'enfant, dated 1898, kept in the Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh.
Study for Chagrin d'enfant, dated 1898, kept in the Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh.