William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Le Crepuscule (Dusk) , 1882 (Executed)
Lot #7 |
2022-05-11 |
Doyle, New York
Impressionist & Modern/Post-War & Contemporary Paintings
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 70,000 - 100,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Doyle
Auction number: 8260
Auction name: Impressionist & Modern/Post-War & Contemporary Paintings
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2022-05-11
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 49 3/4 x 26 inches (126.4 x 66 cm)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
126.4
Width In Centimeters:
66
Height In Inches:
49.75
Width In Inches:
25.98
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Year notes: Executed in 1882.
Provenance
Sold by the artist, February 1882 Goupil et Cie., Paris, 1882 M. Knoedler & Co., New York Estate of Winthrop B. Palmer, New York Sale, Sotheby's, New York, Oct. 23, 1990, lot 65
Condition
Glue relined. Scattered spots of inpainting visible under UV throughout, more concentrated at the edges. Some craquelure throughout, creating ridge formations with a few small areas where paint is lifting slightly (mostly at center right and center left).
Literature
Goupil, Boussod & Valladon sales register, no. 15908 Charles Vendryès, Dictionnaire illustré des Beaux-Arts , Paris, 1885, p. 63 Mark Steven Walker, William Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings , William-Adolphe Bouguereau: L'Art Pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 72 Ludovic Baschet, Catalogue illustré des oeuvres de W. Bouguereau , Paris, 1885, p. 63 Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau , Paris, 1900, p. 155 Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work , New York, 2010, no. 1882/01A, p. 212-213, illus.