Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch

Vente, Sotheby's Londres, le 11 juin 1997, lot 162

Salon des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 1879, n°1563

G.Lafenestre, Le livre d'or du Salon de peinture et de sculpture, Librairie des bibliophiles, Paris, cité et décrit (avec des dimensions légèrement plus grandes correspondant probablement à celles du tableau encadré).

Under naked eye: the painting appears in good condition. A recent canvas is put behind the support canvas which is preventing us to see if it has been relined. Under UV light a few small repaints and filed in cracks are scattered over the background in the upper part. A small repaint is visible at the lower left hand corner above the signature. Tiny retouches in the left arm of the woman and in her left knee some traces of an old green varnish are visible Good overall condition
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L'artiste obtient une mention honorable pour le tableau lors du Salon de 1879