The European Art Sale Part I

The European Art Sale Part I

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Jean-François Millet

Maternité

Auction Closed

January 27, 10:47 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jean-François Millet

French

1814 - 1875

Maternité


signed J. F. Millet. (lower right)

charcoal on paper

sheet: 13 by 9½ in.; 33 by 24.1 cm

framed: 25⅛ by 21⅝ in.; 63.8 by 54.9 cm

Sale: Boussod Valadon et Cie., Paris, 1897
Charles H. Senff, 1928
Sale: Anderson Galleries, New York, 29 March, 1928, lot 36
Krausaar Galleries, New York
Jerome Stonborough
Sale: Parke-Bernet, New York, 17 October, 1940, lot 27
Sale: Freeman's Auctions, Philadelphia, 29 November, 1948, lot 138
Carlen Galleries, Inc., Philadelphia
Private collection, Philadelphia (acquired from the above, 1948)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Alexandra R. Murphy considers this works to be authentic based on digital images. The Bousson Valadon provenance is uncertain at this moment.