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Gustave Moreau

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Description

  • Gustave Moreau
  • Le poète et la sirène
  • Signed Gustave Moreau (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 38 1/4 by 24 1/2 in.
  • 97 by 62 cm

Provenance

Collection of Francis Warrain, Paris

Private Collection

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 24, 1989, lot 82

Private Collection, Switzerland

Exhibited

Paris, Collection Warrain, 1906, no. 206

Paris, Musée du Louvre, Gustave Moreau, 1961, no. 45

New York, Helly Nahmad Gallery, The Poet & The Siren, A collection of works by Gustave Moreau- ARMAN The Day After, 3 November - 31 December 2008, 2008

Literature

Holten, L'Art Fantastique de Gustave Moreau, Paris, Pauvert, 1960, p. 29, illustrated fig. 38

Holten, Gustave Moreau Symbolist, Stockholm, 1965, p. 76

Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Fribourg, Switzerland, Office du Livre, 1977, no. 404, p. 367, illustrated p. 205