LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

21.73 in. (55.20 cm.) (height) by 17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Jules Lefebvre and dated 1883 (center right)

Exhibited:

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library,. Dedication Loan Exhibition , 1895, no. 179

Literature:

"Art Galleries and Societies,". American Art Annual , Boston, 1900-1, vol. III, p. 114. Descriptive Catalogue of the Art Gallery of the James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, New York, 1906, no. 22 . Katherine E. Manthorne,. The Mirror Up to Nature: A Catalogue of 19 th and 20 th Century Paintings in the Collection of The James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, New York, 1982, p. 26

Provenance:

George I. Seney, Brooklyn (and sold, his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, February 11-13, 1891, lot 139). J.J. Gillespie & Co., Pittsburgh . Acquired from the above through the Prendergast Bequest, 1891