LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

79.25 in. (201.30 cm.) (height) by 39.76 in. (101.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Boldini and dated 1892 (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Exposition Nationale des Beaux-Arts, May 1892, no. 138 (as 'Mlle. E.') Munich, VI Internationale Kunstausstellung 1892 zu München Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, May-November, 1893 Venice, Biennale, 1895, no. 37 New York, Wildenstein and Co., Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Boldini 1845-1931, March 20-April 8, 1933, no. 14 Padua, Palazzo Zabarella; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Boldini, January 15-September 25, 2005, no. 102 (as Ritratto della Giovinetta Errazuriz) Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti; Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, September 20, 2009-April 25, 2010, no. 94 (as Portrait of Miss Errazuriz (Ritratto della giovane Errazuriz)

Literature:

G. Geffroy, La vie artistique, vol. II, Paris, 1893, pp. 304-5 William Walton, World's Columbian Exposition MDCCCXCIII: Art and Architecture. The Art, Philadelphia, 1893, vol. 2, pp. 77-8 New York Evening Post, March 27, 1933, illustrated Emilia Cardona, Boldini, Parisien d'Italie, Milan, 1952, p. 104 Dario Cecchi, Boldini, Turin, 1962, p. 134 Carlo Ragghianti and Ettore Camesasca, L'Opera completa di Boldini, Milan, 1970, no. 232, p. 108, illustrated Giovanni Piazza, Boldini, Milan, 1989, p. 298 P. Zatti, "Boldini e la Prima Biennal (1894-95)," 800 Italiano, vol. II, no.6, Florence, 1992, p. 39 Piero Dini and Francesca Dini, Giovanni Boldini 1842-1931, Catalogo Ragionato, Turin 2002, vol. I, p. 300; vol. II, pp. 138, 150; vol. III, p. 317, no. 582, illustrated (as Ritratto della Signorina Errazuriz (Mlle E.) Tiziano Panconi, Boldini L'opera completa, Firenze 2002, p. 337, illustrated Sarah Lees, Richard Kendall and Barbara Guidi, Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris, exh. cat., New Haven, 2009, pp. 192, 211, illustrated pl. 94

Provenance:

Baron Maurice de Rothschild (acquired directly from the artist) Thence by descent Sale: Christie's, New York, November 1, 1995, lot 15 (purchased by Edmond Safra for Republic National Bank) Property from HSBC's Corporate Art Collection (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 26, 2004, lot 124, illustrated) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.