The Orientalist Sale
The Orientalist Sale
Property of the artist Jon Swihart, Los Angeles
Jean-Léon Gérôme
At Prayer
Lot Closed
October 26, 02:03 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the artist Jon Swihart, Los Angeles
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French
1824 - 1904
At Prayer
signed and dated J.L GÉRÔME. / 1858 lower left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 34.5 by 25cm., 13¼ by 9¾in.
Framed: 56 by 46cm., 22 by 18in.
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.
Possibly, Goupil & Cie., Paris (Stockbook 2, p. 52, no. 461, as Turc en prière, to M. Stametz Meyer de Vienne; Stockbook 2, p. 86, no. 786, to Gambart, as Turc en prière), from 1861
Possibly, Ernest Gambart, London, 1863
Henri Robert, Paris
Schweitzer Gallery, New York, 12 March 1970 to 31 October 1970 (as Arab Praying)
Shickman Gallery, New York, 1970-71
Sale: Christie’s, London, 31 March 1978, lot 183 (as An Arab at Prayer and by Jean-Léon Gérôme)
Akram Ojjeh Collection (sale: Christie's, New York, 1 November 1999, lot 22 (as At Prayer and Studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme))
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Possibly, Ernest Gambart, London, 1863
Henri Robert, Paris
Schweitzer Gallery, New York, 12 March 1970 to 31 October 1970 (as Arab Praying)
Shickman Gallery, New York, 1970-71
Sale: Christie’s, London, 31 March 1978, lot 183 (as An Arab at Prayer and by Jean-Léon Gérôme)
Akram Ojjeh Collection (sale: Christie's, New York, 1 November 1999, lot 22 (as At Prayer and Studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme))
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, monographie révisée, Paris, 2000, p. 244, catalogued (as Cercle de Gérôme) and illustrated
New York, Shickman Gallery, The Neglected 19th Century, Part II, 1971, illustrated in the catalogue (as Praying Arab)