Lot 35
  • 35

Jacques-Émile Blanche 1861-1942

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacques-Émile Blanche
  • Portrait de la Petite Fille à la Robe Blanche
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 5/8 by 18 1/8 in.
  • 55 by 46 cm
  • painted circa 1918

Provenance

Mrs. Stevens Romer, New Orleans
Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans, by 2002
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

generally good visual condition, canvas unlined, varnish slightly yellow, tiny hole to lower right, under UV light, small patch of inpainting to lower left edge, another to right of dress, scattered small spots of inpaint otherwise
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Catalogue Note

The present work depicts Paule Girbal, the daughter of a neighbor of the artist in Offranville.  We would like to thank Ms. Jane Roberts for her assistance in cataloguing this work.  This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Ms. Roberts and the Comité Blanche.