LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
51.38 in. (130.50 cm.) (height) by 38.11 in. (96.80 cm.) (width)
Markings:
Signed H. PILLE (lr); inscribed 93 Victor Hugo on the upper stretcher
Condition:
Glue lined. Frame rubbing. Scattered inpainting: upper right corner; top center; lower left corner; few spots in center and around the woman's feet. Few other small scattered spots
Exhibited:
Paris, Salon, 1880, no. 3028
Literature:
Frederic Henriet, Henri Pille, 1898 F. G. (Francois Guillaume) Dumas, Catalogue Illustre du Salon, Paris, 1880, p. 53, no. 3028, illus.
Provenance:
Private collection, Philadelphia, purchased before 1981