LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 59.06 in. (150.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed FIRMIN-GIRARD (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris. , Salon des Artistes Francais , 1884, no. 1046. Paris, . Exposition Universelle, 1889, no. 670

Literature:

Courrier de l'art, vol. IV, March 1884, p. 134. . The Athenaeum, vol. 2945. , April 1884, p. 449. Paul de Katow, 'Avant le Salon,' . Gil Blas, no. 1609, April 11, 1884, p. 2. Albert Wolff, 'Salon de 1884. Salle III,' . Le Figaro, no. 121, April 30, 1884, p. 2. Henry Fouquier, 'Le Salon de 1884,' . Gil Blas, no. 1626, May 1, 1884, p. 3. Edmond Jacques, 'Le Salon de 1884,' . L'intransigeant, no. 1387, May 1 1884, p. 1. Mitaine de Soie (Alice Regnault), 'Bloc-Notes Parisiens. Le vernissage en trois actes,' . Le Gaulois, no. 654, May 1, 1884, p. 1. 'Le Salon de 1884,' . La lanterne, no. 2608, June 1884, p. 2. Emmanuel Ducros, . Une cigale au Salon de 1884: quatrieme annee, Paris, 1884, p. 23-6. 'Salon de Paris de 1884,'. Lyon-revue: recueil littéraire, historique & archéologique: science et beaux-arts, vol. VI,. 1884, p. 381. Theodore Veron,. Dictionnaire Veron ,. Salon de 1884 , Poitiers, 1884, p. 156. Charles Perkins, . Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings , vol. II, New York, 1888, p. 144. G. Vapereau, . Dictionnaire universel des contemporains contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers , Paris, 1893, p. 679. Paul Girard, . Firmin-Girard, par son petit-fils, Orleans, 1988, p. 26, no. 106, illustrated

Provenance:

Berko Fine Painting Gallery, Knokke, Belgium. Private Collection, Belgium (acquired from the above . circa 1985). Thence by descent