HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR (1836-1904) Œillets
signed and dated 'Fantin. 87' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 ½ x 14 ½ in. (44.5 x 37 cm.)
Painted in 1887
HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR (1836-1904) Œillets
signed and dated 'Fantin. 87' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 ½ x 14 ½ in. (44.5 x 37 cm.)
Painted in 1887
Mrs. Edwin Edwards, Sunbury-on-Thames, by whom acquired directly from the artist. L. B. Courtney. Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., London. Miss Cory-Wright, Milford; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 18 April 1951, lot 74. M. Newman, Ltd., London, by whom acquired at the above sale. W. K. Woolcombe-Boyce, Redhill. Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., London. Louis Martineau, Somerset; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 December 1978, Lot 203. Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Mme Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'œuvre complet de Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, no. 1301, p. 136.
Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, Exposition du Centenaire de la Naissance de Fantin-Latour, August - October 1936, no. 148.
Brame & Lorenceau will include this work in their forthcoming Fantin-Latour catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels.