Jules Breton

Sale: Gros & Delettrez, Paris, December 7, 2001, lot 3
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

In good condition. Paper has been unevenly cut around edges and is affixed to the mat with linen tape along edges and at corners. 4 inch repaired tear at upper right cornre. The work has been folded down the center and a two inch vertical repaired tear follows this mark at the top edge.
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The present work is a drawing for Breton's oil painting Jeune femme aux nénuphars (Young Woman Among the Waterlillies) of circa 1879 and illustrated in Marius Vachon, Jules Breton, Paris, 1919, p. 1 with the title Le Miroir Rustique.  The painting was acquired by Samuel Avery directly from the artist and sold to John T. Martin before being acquired by Andy Warhol (and sold Sotheby's, New York, April 29-30, 1988, lot 2811, illustrated).