Live Auction 1230619th Century European Art
Luis Ricardo Falero (SPANISH, 1851-1896)
Lot 88

Luis Ricardo Falero (SPANISH, 1851-1896)

A fairy under starry skies

Closed8 September 2016

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GBP 20,000

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Luis Ricardo Falero (SPANISH, 1851-1896)
A fairy under starry skies
signed 'FALERO' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ¼ x 40 5/8 in. (59 x 103 cm.)

The Property of a Southern Gentleman.
Their sale; Christie's New York, 26 October 2005, lot 96.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Luis Ricardo Falero was a born in Granada. After rejecting a career in the navy, he walked to Paris, where he experimented with engineering. He settled in London in the 1880's, where spent most of his life. His displayed his anatomical dexterity with his depictions of nude models, but he focused on mythological, astronomical and fantastical settings for his subjects.