The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards | June 5, 2024
Wed, Jun 5, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 168
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Drawing
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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(French, 1825-1905)
Le crépuscule (Twilight), signed lower left "Wm. Bouguereau" titled bottom center and dated lower right and left "12 avril 1882", ink on paper, sheet 18-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. (45.09 x 24.77 cm.); parcel gilt wood frame, 28 x 20-1/2 x 1 in.
Provenance: The artist's gift to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr. (1847-1920); his daughters, Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher sold to Paul W. Cooley, Moyer Gallery; The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut
Note: A final version painting of the same title is held by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Exhibited: Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Hartford, The Wadsworth Atheneum, William Bouguereau 1825-1905, 1984-1985, (label verso); Borghi & Company, William-Adolphe Bouguereau L'Art Pompier, November 1991 - January 1992, No. 42, ill. in exhibition catalog
Condition
toning, stains, inscriptions recto and verso; frame with abrasions
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The artist's gift to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr. (1847-1920); his daughters, Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher sold to Paul W. Cooley, Moyer Gallery; The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut
