Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)

Le Sphinx parisien ('la Parisienne')

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Alfred Stevens (1823-1906)
Le Sphinx parisien ('la Parisienne')
signed and dated upper right A Stevens.1870.Paris., and signed again with monogram on the reverse and inscribed with title and Pendant le sige de Paris, Nov. 1870
oil on canvas
41 x 32.5 cm

Provenance

Philippe De Buck, 1905
Emile Boch, 1930
Adrien Blomme, architect

Literature

Wauters, Rtrospective de l'Art Belge, exhibition catalogue, 1906, p. 76.

Exhibited

Brussels, Exposition rtrospective de l'Art Belge, Socit Royale des Beaux-Arts, 1905, cat.no. 962
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition centennale de l'Art Belge, 1930
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rtrospective Alfred Stevens, 11 January-16 February 1975, cat.no. 19

Sale room notice

Please note that the present lot will be included in the Catalogue Rasionn of the artist's work by Christiane Lefebvre and Galerie Brame & Lorenceau now in preparation.

Lot Essay

The theme of the Parisian sphinx is a returning one in Alfred Stevens' carreer and has largely participated to his considerable success as a painter. The prime version with the same title dates from 1867 and is in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp (inv.no. 1373).

As indicated by the inscription on the stretcher, the painting was executed during the siege of Paris by the Prussians in 1870.

The Comit Alfred Stevens has confirmed the authenticity of this work on the basis of a colour photograph.

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