Lot 146
  • 146

Theodore Chasseriau 1819-1856

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Theodore Chasseriau
  • Male Nude
  • stamped with the red wax seal of the artist's estate Vente Theodore Chasseriau on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.
  • 41.9 by 21.6 cm.

Provenance

Comtesse de Noix Collection
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tanenbaum, New York
Shepherd Gallery, New York
Bill Blass, New York, acquired from above, 1975
(Sale:  Sotheby's, New York, October 21, 2003, The Bill Blass Collection, lot 38)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Shepherd Gallery, Ingres & Delacroix Through Degas & Puvis de Chavannes:  The Figure in French Art, 1800-1870, 1975, cat. no. 88, pp. 211-212, illustrated

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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