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Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)
- Testa di signora con capellino giallo (Il cappello giallo)

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Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)
Testa di signora con capellino giallo (Il cappello giallo)
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £28,680
  • ($49,616)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
  • ($34,600 - $51,900)

Sale Information

Sale 6759
19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART
3 December 2003
London, King Street





Lot Description

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)
Testa di signora con capellino giallo (Il cappello giallo)
signed 'Boldini' (lower left)
oil on canvas
9½ x 6¾ in. (24 x 17 cm.)
Painted in 1890.

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Saleroom Notice

Please note that this work is oil on panel and the dimensions are 10½ x 7 in. (26.8 x 18 cm.) and not as stated in the catalogue or in the Catalogue Raisonné. There is also a sketch of a mantel clock on the verso.

Please note that this work has additional literature references as outlined below:

J. L. Vaudoyer, Boldini, 1842-1931, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 1931, no. 111, p. 30.

E. Camesasca & C. L. Ragghianti, Giovanni Boldini: 1842-1931: Catalogo Ragionato, Vol. III, Torino, 2003, no. 620, p. 336.

Provenance

Collection Ducharme, Paris.
Thence by descent to the present owners.

Literature

C. Ragghianti & E. Camesasca, L'opera completa di Boldini, Milan, 1970, p. 108, no. 223 (illustrated).