LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

61,3 x 50,1 cm; 24? x 19¾ in.

Edition:

Executed circa 1886-87.

Description:

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Markings:

Albert Dubois-Pillet

Condition:

Please note that this work is sold with no frame. Canvas is not lined. Examination under UV light reveals a small L-shaped line of retouching towards the right part of the lower edge. There are a few spots of minor wear in places. There is a strip of framing paper along the extreme edges of the canvas. This work is in overall good condition.

Literature:

Felix Fénéon, ‘’L’Impressionnisme’’, in L’Emancipation sociale, no. 938, April, 3, 1887, reproduced in Joan Halperin, Œuvres plus que complètes, Félix Fénéon, 1970, p. 64-68 Ernst, in La Paix, March 27, 1891 (titled Portrait de M.B.) Roger Gounot, ''Le peintre Dubois-Pillet'', in Les Cahiers de la Haute-Loire, 1969, pp. 110 & 124 Lily Bazalgette, Albert Dubois-Pillet, sa vie, son œuvre (1846-1890), Paris, 1976, p. 162-63 Patrick Offenstadt, Albert Dubois-Pillet, Catalogue raisonné, no. 115, p. 132 (not illustrated), available online : https://galerieoffenstadt.fr/en/albert-dubois-pillet-catalogue-raisonne-en/

Provenance:

Private collection, France Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 20, 2018, lot 48 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner