LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

26.30 in. (66.80 cm.) (height) by 21.50 in. (54.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Boldini' (lower right)

Exhibited:

New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Degas for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, 7 April-14 May 1949, no. 38.

Literature:

C. L. Ragghianti and E. Camesasca, L'Opera completa di Boldini, Milan, 1970, pp. 132-133, no. 575 (illustrated). B. Doria, Giovanni Boldini: Catalogo generale dagli archivi Boldini, Milan, 2000, no. 687 (illustrated). P. Dini and F. Dini, Giovanni Boldini 1897-1931i: Catalogo ragionato, Turin-London-Venice, 2004, vol. III, part 2, p. 599, no. 1178 (illustrated). T. Panconi, Giovanni Boldini. L'Opera Completa, Florence, 2002, p. 595 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Atelier Boldini, no. 92T. Enrico Piceni, Milan. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hills, Detroit. Detroit Institute of Arts (gift from the above), Detroit. Their sale; Christie's, New York, 23 April 2002, lot 6. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.