European & British Art
European & British Art
Property from the Najd Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
La Danse pyrrhique
Lot Closed
December 9, 02:27 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Najd Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French
1824 - 1904
La Danse pyrrhique
signed J.L. GEROME lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 66 by 92cm., 26 by 36in.
Framed: 98 by 127cm., 38½ by 50in.
We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for her assistance in cataloguing this work which will be included in her revision of the artist's catalogue raisonné by Gerald M. Ackerman.
Gail Borden Munsill (circa 1890-1910)
Ruth Clark Holmes Munsill (by 1941; by descent from the above)
Penelope Holmes Munsill Harris (by descent from the above)
Laurence van Doren Harris Jr. (by descent from the above)
Daniel B. Grossman, Inc., New York (sale: Sotheby's, Parke Bernet, 25 January 1980, lot 292, as La Phyrique)
Sale: Phillips, London, 30 October 1981
The Fine Art Society, London (by April 1984; stock no. E6 / 21)
Purchased from the above
Ruth Clark Holmes Munsill (by 1941; by descent from the above)
Penelope Holmes Munsill Harris (by descent from the above)
Laurence van Doren Harris Jr. (by descent from the above)
Daniel B. Grossman, Inc., New York (sale: Sotheby's, Parke Bernet, 25 January 1980, lot 292, as La Phyrique)
Sale: Phillips, London, 30 October 1981
The Fine Art Society, London (by April 1984; stock no. E6 / 21)
Purchased from the above
Possibly, Oeuvres de J.L. Gérôme, vol. XXIII, 13, illustrated (as La Phyrique [sic])
Phoebe Pool, Impressionism, London, 1967, p. 92, fig. 65, described & illustrated (as Sword Dance), p. 274, catalogued (as present whereabouts unknown)
Peter A. Clayton, The Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt: Artists and Travellers in the Nineteenth Century, London, 1982, p. 178, illustrated (as Sword-Dance)
Gerald M. Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paris, 1986, p. 173, (as The Pyrrhic Dance), illustrated, pp. 290-91, no. 487, catalogued & illustrated (as The Pyrrhic Dance [Sword dance before Egyptian ruins]/La Danse pyrrhique)
Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 141, described, p. 152, catalogued & illustrated
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme: His Life, His Work, Paris, 1997, p. 175 (as The Pyrrhic Dance)
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Monographie révisée, Paris, 2000, p. 180, illustrated, pp. 360-61, no. 487, catalogued & illustrated (as La Danse pyrrhique)
Phoebe Pool, Impressionism, London, 1967, p. 92, fig. 65, described & illustrated (as Sword Dance), p. 274, catalogued (as present whereabouts unknown)
Peter A. Clayton, The Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt: Artists and Travellers in the Nineteenth Century, London, 1982, p. 178, illustrated (as Sword-Dance)
Gerald M. Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paris, 1986, p. 173, (as The Pyrrhic Dance), illustrated, pp. 290-91, no. 487, catalogued & illustrated (as The Pyrrhic Dance [Sword dance before Egyptian ruins]/La Danse pyrrhique)
Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 141, described, p. 152, catalogued & illustrated
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme: His Life, His Work, Paris, 1997, p. 175 (as The Pyrrhic Dance)
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Monographie révisée, Paris, 2000, p. 180, illustrated, pp. 360-61, no. 487, catalogued & illustrated (as La Danse pyrrhique)