The European Art Sale

The European Art Sale

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Jean Béraud

Le Buggy

Lot Closed

October 25, 02:26 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jean Béraud

French

1849 - 1935

Le Buggy


signed Jean Béraud (lower left)

oil on panel

panel: 20¾ by 14⅞ in.; 52.5 by 37.6cm

framed: 24¼ by 18¼ in.; 61.5 by 46.5 cm

Columbus Fine Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Jane Zimmerman, Columbus, Ohio (acquired from the above, 1966)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Patrick Offenstadt, Jean Béraud 1849-1935: The Belle Époque: A Dream of Times Gone By, 1999, p. 166, no. 182, illustrated
Jean Béraud was an attentive observer of Parisian life and ardent chronicler of the Belle Époque, capturing the city's bustling streets and quintessential characters. Here, an alert and elegantly dressed young woman holds the reins atop a horse drawn carriage, accompanied by a rather recalcitrant young man whose dress denotes sophistication but whose pose suggests some kind of resignation. This modern pair leads a line of carriages, shuttling urbanites across the city's newly broadened boulevards.