Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Gabriel Weisberg for confirming the authenticity of this work.
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Masterworks from the Estate of Lila and Herman Shickman
Théodule Augustin Ribot (Saint-Nicolas-d'Attez 1823-1891 Colombes)
La prière
Details
Théodule Augustin Ribot (Saint-Nicolas-d'Attez 1823-1891 Colombes)
La prière
signed and dated 't. Ribot 1862' (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 x 51 in. (96.5 x 129.5 cm.)
La prière
signed and dated 't. Ribot 1862' (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 x 51 in. (96.5 x 129.5 cm.)
Provenance
M. de Balleroy.
with Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1890.
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920), Boston, and by descent to his daughter
Eleonora Randolph Sears (1881-1968), and by descent to
Marie V. Gendron (1903-2004), Clearwater, FL.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 29 May 1981, lot 58.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1992, lot 468.
with Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1890.
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920), Boston, and by descent to his daughter
Eleonora Randolph Sears (1881-1968), and by descent to
Marie V. Gendron (1903-2004), Clearwater, FL.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 29 May 1981, lot 58.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1992, lot 468.
Literature
Z. Astruc, 'Oscillations', Le Salon Feuilleton quotidien, Paris, 4 May 1863, p. 1.
L. Auvray, Exposition des Beaux-Arts, Salon de 1863, Paris, 1863, p. 57.
P. Mantz, 'Salon de 1863', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, XIV, June 1863, pp. 504-505.
G. Lafenestre, 'La Peinture au Salon de 1863', Revue Contemporaine, XXXIII, 15 June 1863, p. 597.
J. Baric, Un tour au salon . . . Album comique par Baric, Paris, 1863, p. 11, illustrated with a caricature.
C. de Sault, Essais de Critique d'art, Salon de 1863, Paris, 1864, p. 90.
A. Stevens, Le salon de 1863, Paris, 1866, p. 215.
W. Bürger, 'Salon de 1863', Salons de W. Burger 1861 à 1868, I, Paris, 1870, p. 392.
L. de Fourcaud, Théodule Ribot, Sa vie et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1885, n.p.
L. Auvray, Exposition des Beaux-Arts, Salon de 1863, Paris, 1863, p. 57.
P. Mantz, 'Salon de 1863', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, XIV, June 1863, pp. 504-505.
G. Lafenestre, 'La Peinture au Salon de 1863', Revue Contemporaine, XXXIII, 15 June 1863, p. 597.
J. Baric, Un tour au salon . . . Album comique par Baric, Paris, 1863, p. 11, illustrated with a caricature.
C. de Sault, Essais de Critique d'art, Salon de 1863, Paris, 1864, p. 90.
A. Stevens, Le salon de 1863, Paris, 1866, p. 215.
W. Bürger, 'Salon de 1863', Salons de W. Burger 1861 à 1868, I, Paris, 1870, p. 392.
L. de Fourcaud, Théodule Ribot, Sa vie et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1885, n.p.
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1863, no. 1578.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition T. Ribot: catalogue raisonné des oeuvres exposées, June-July 1890, no. 193, as La Prière des petites filles (only under 'Principales oeuvres').
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Th. Ribot, 3-31 May 1892, no. 2,5, where erroneously identified as exhibited in the Salon of 1865.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition T. Ribot: catalogue raisonné des oeuvres exposées, June-July 1890, no. 193, as La Prière des petites filles (only under 'Principales oeuvres').
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Th. Ribot, 3-31 May 1892, no. 2,5, where erroneously identified as exhibited in the Salon of 1865.
Engraved
The artist, 1864.