James Tissot

The Proposal

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May 20, 06:19 PM GMT

Estimate

900,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Ralph and Terry Kovel

James Tissot

French

1836 - 1902

The Proposal

signed and dated J.J. Tissot/L. 1872 (lower right)

oil on canvas

canvas: 39 ¾ by 24 ⅜ in.; 101 by 61.5 cm

framed: 50 by 34 in.; 127 by 86.3 cm

Brodney Gallery, Boston where purchased in 1950 by the mother of the present owner and thence by descent

Melissa E Buron and Krystyna Matyjasziewicz, James Tissot, catalogue for the exhibition at the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, 2019, p.18, illustrated p.19, Fig. 23