Charles-Édouard Boutibonne (French, 1816-1897)
La préférée
signed and dated 'C. Boutibonne. 1874' (lower right)
oil on panel
23 x 18 7/8 in. (58.4 x 47.9 cm.)
Charles-Édouard Boutibonne (French, 1816-1897)
La préférée
signed and dated 'C. Boutibonne. 1874' (lower right)
oil on panel
23 x 18 7/8 in. (58.4 x 47.9 cm.)
Charles Leeds Sharpless (1821-1882), Philadelphia, by 1877. Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 12 May 1978, lot 121, as Showing a preference. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 March 1988, lot 92, as Showing a preference. Private collection, UK. Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 April 2002, lot 127. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Exhibition by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, of Choice Paintings Loaned from Private Galleries of Philadelphia, 16 January-31 March 1877, no. 225, as The Skaters.
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