BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905)

BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905) French painter. A.L.S., Wm. Bouguereau, one page, 8vo, Paris, 21st May 1888, to Mr. A. Hustin (?) of the Paris Journal Illustre, in French. The artist informs his correspondent that ´Je vous autorise a reproduire dans le Paris Journal et dans la Vie Artistique la gravure de mon tableau "Le Premier Deuil" publiee par la revue de M. Baschet´ (Translation: ´I authorise you to reproduce in the Paris Journal and in the Vie Artistique the engraving of my painting "Le Premier Deuil" published by M. Baschet's magazine´). With blank integral leaf. Some very light age toning, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, otherwise VG Le Premier Deuil (´First Mourning´ ) is an oil painting completed by Bouguereau in 1888. The work depicts the moment when Adam and Eve discover the body of their dead son, Abel, killed by Cain. It is housed in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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After William BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905) Portrait of a Woman Oil on canvas signed upper right "W. BOUGEREAU 46 x 38.5 cm (Restoration)

Lot 559

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Elizabeth Jane GARDNER BOUGUEREAU (1837-1922) The bowl of milk Oil on canvas 146 x 95 cm. (Wear and restoration) Provenance : - Carmen di Rosa - Sale Drouot Montaigne, Paris, November 17, 1999, catalog no. 18

Lot 478

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Sir George Clausen, RA RWS, British 1852-1944- A summer evening; pastel on paper, signed and dated 'G CLAUSEN 1884.' (lower left), 21.8 x 29.7 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Christies, South Kensington, 14 November 1997, lot 19 (£1,498). Private Collection, UK. Note: Clausen worked in the studio of Edwin Long (1829-1891), before travelling to Paris, where he studied at the Académie Julian, under William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911). He went on to become a founding member of the New English Art Club in 1886 and Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1909, alongside his position at Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy. Clausen's approach was heavily influenced by that of the Impressionists, with his work exhibiting a fascination with the play of light in a landscape, and his loose application of pigment evoking the movement of foliage and grasses in the wind.

Lot 80

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

MUCHA Alphonse,( 1860- 1939) attributed to. The Virgin, the Child Jesus and Saint John the Baptist. Circa 1880. Tempera. 108 x 160 cm. Blackened, traces of folds and wetness. Signed lower right, in the paste. Provenance: Collection Vienne, Austria. Collection Périgord, France. Our painting is a reworking of the famous painting by ADOLPHE-WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905), entitled "La vierge, l'Enfant Jésus et Saint Jean-Baptiste". Bouguereau's painting is one of his most famous. It was exhibited at the 1875 Salon and later in numerous galleries. It was also reproduced in the Salon catalog, thanks to a precise drawing by M. Lavée and an identical engraving by M. Robert (Rf 01, enclosed). The painting has become very well known, and copies from the period can sometimes be found, probably commissioned by enthusiasts in love with the painting: -We can cite that of the painter H. Ballheim (act. c.1850-c.1880), Austrian ( Rf 02, enclosed) -A Limoges porcelain plate painted by Th. Algrain, "d'après Bouguereau", dated 1875 (Rf 03, enclosed)In 1889, the painting was exhibited at the Paris World's Fair. It should be noted that the models for the painting were Bouguereau's wife and children. On May 26, 1993, the painting was sold by Sotheby's, New York, for €524,043, hammer price. Our attribution to Mucha, in addition to the mention in the lower right-hand corner, is justified by differences with Bouguereau's painting, the most notable of which is the addition of a frieze that is characteristic of the work of the great master of Art Nouveau. Mucha emigrated to Vienna in 1879. He worked for the city's largest theater design firm, Kautsky-Brioschi-Burghardt, before joining Egon Khuen-Belasi, brother of Count Karl, to decorate Gandegg Castle. This painting, executed in tempera, is characteristic of woodwork paintings, as confirmed by the absence of the tension bands, which have probably remained embedded in the woodwork. This combination of elements (dates, technique, provenance) suggests that this work was commissioned by Mucha for a decor or paneled room based on Bouguereau's painting.

BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905)

BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM: (1825-1905)

After William BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905) Portrait of a Woman Oil on canvas signed upper right "W. BOUGEREAU 46 x 38.5 cm (Restoration)

Elizabeth Jane GARDNER BOUGUEREAU (1837-1922) The bowl of milk Oil on canvas 146 x 95 cm. (Wear and restoration) Provenance : - Carmen di Rosa - Sale Drouot Montaigne, Paris, November 17, 1999, catalog no. 18

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