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Jun 5, 2024
(French, 1825-1905)
L'Aube or L'Aurore, (Dawn), signed lower left "Wm. Bouguereau" and inscribed at bottom "Le tableau originale achete par Monsieur Avery/W. Bouguereau", ink on paper, sheet 19-5/8 x 12-7/8 in. ; 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.; 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: The painting, finished in 1881 and purchased by Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York, March 28, 1881, is now held by the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama.
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. 41, ill. in exhibition catalog
toning, inscription at bottom and verso, some glue residue at top, hinged in; frame with abrasions
The artist's gift to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr.; 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
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