Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
Fleurs
Signed "Fantin" u.r., dated "Avril 1863" u.l., numbered "4071" and with a canvas stencil from Tableaux Modernes, Paris, on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (47.0 x 46.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Lined, possible old retouch to background.
Provenance: M.V.B. Hill; Christie's London, February 20, 1959, Lot 31; Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, July 5, 1961, Lot 109; O'Hanna Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale); Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York; Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1967); Christie's New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art, November 9, 1999, Sale 9222, Lot 229; to the current private Massachusetts collection.
Literature: Mme. Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Fantin-Latour (Paris, 1911) p. 31, no. 221 (Provenance: Sold in London in 1906).
Exhibitions: Finch College Museum of Art, New York, Still Life Painters: Pieter Aertsen to Georges Braque, February-May, 1965, p. 7, no. 35 (illustrated p. 42).
N.B. A print-out of the auction record from Christie's 1999 auction referenced above accompanies the lot.
Estimate $120,000-180,000
Christie's auction labels on the stretcher and frame. Other miscellaneous numbers/inscriptions on the stretcher, including a fragmentary blue label with the number "7812D..." and a chalk inscription, perhaps "Cl Varn."
Framed dimensions are 26 x 25 1/2 in.
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