Henri Gervex
Nana
Auction Closed
February 5, 09:31 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Henri Gervex
French 1852 - 1929
Nana
signed lower left: H.Gervex
oil on canvas
canvas: 25 ⅜ by 16 ¼ in.; 64.5 by 41.3 cm
framed: 38 by 28 ¼ in.; 96.5 by 71.8 cm
Purchased by Alexandre Dumas Fils (1824-1894) from the Cercle de l'Union Artistique Exhibition, 1881;
His sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 15 February 1882 for 590 francs;
Private collection;
Sale, Christie's, London, 15 June 2005, lot 92;
Where acquired by the present owner.
Paris, Cercle de l'Union Artistique, 1881 and (possibly) 1882
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1885
J. de Tarade, "A l'exposition du Cercle de l'Union Artistique," Le Jockey, 5 March 1881, p. 4.
"Chronique de l'Hotel Drouot," Moniteur des arts, 24 February 1882, p. 62.
D. Véron, “Exposition Galerie Georges Petit,” Annuaire Véron, Poitiers 1885, p. 222.
P. Eudel, L'Hôtel Drouot et la curiosité en 1882, Paris 1883, p. 77.
J.C. Pralong-Gourvennec, Henri Gervex: 1852-1929, exhibition catalogue, Galerie de Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux; Musée Carnavalet, Paris; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice; 1992-1993, Bordeaux; Paris; Nice 1992, pp. 36-37, illustrated (as location unknown).