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Provenance

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired directly from the artist, December 1894, as Automne ) David Whitney, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan William Lucking, Detroit, Michigan Private Collection, Detroit, Michigan (by descent from the above) Sale: DuMouchelle Art Gallery, Detroit, date unknown Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Smyd, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan (acquired at the above sale) The Detroit Institute of Arts (donated from the above in 1977 and sold, Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 1999, lot 50, illustrated) Private Collection, United States Sale: Sotheby's New York, 1 February 2019, lot 428

Exhibited

Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum; Midland, Michigan, Midland Center for the Arts; Muskegon, Michigan, Hackley Art Museum, The Figure in 19th Century French Paintings: A Loan Exhibition from the Detroit Institute of Arts, December 22, 1978-April 30, 1979, no. 17

Literature

Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau , Paris, 1900, p. 158 "Annual Report," Bulletin of the DIA, Detroit, 1977-78, vol. 56, no. 5, p. 277, illustrated fig. 12 Mark Steven Walker, "William-Adolphe Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Art Pompier , exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 74 Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau , Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Works , New York, 2010, p. 294, no. 1894/13, illustrated p. 295; and in the revised 2014 edition, p. 294, no. 1894/13, illustrated p. 295

Catalog summary

Raffaello Bartoletti Italian 1852 - 1927 Bacchante  signed and dated Profesi R. Bartoletti/ P. Bazzanti's Gallery, Florence/ 1900 marble marble: 71 ½ in.; 181.6cm. marble pedestal: 24 ¼ in.; 62.2cm. Provenance Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired directly from the artist, December 1894, as Automne ) David Whitney, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan William Lucking, Detroit, Michigan Private Collection, Detroit, Michigan (by descent from the above) Sale: DuMouchelle Art Gallery, Detroit, date unknown Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Smyd, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan (acquired at the above sale) The Detroit Institute of Arts (donated from the above in 1977 and sold, Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 1999, lot 50, illustrated) Private Collection, United States Sale: Sotheby's New York, 1 February 2019, lot 428 Exhibited Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum; Midland, Michigan, Midland Center for the Arts; Muskegon, Michigan, Hackley Art Museum, The Figure in 19th Century French Paintings: A Loan Exhibition from the Detroit Institute of Arts, December 22, 1978-April 30, 1979, no. 17 Literature Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau , Paris, 1900, p. 158 "Annual Report," Bulletin of the DIA, Detroit, 1977-78, vol. 56, no. 5, p. 277, illustrated fig. 12 Mark Steven Walker, "William-Adolphe Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Art Pompier , exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 74 Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau , Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Works , New York, 2010, p. 294, no. 1894/13, illustrated p. 295; and in the revised 2014 edition, p. 294, no. 1894/13, illustrated p. 295