Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Brame & Lorenceau dated 15 May 2023.
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Portrait of Simone Bernhardt, Sara Bernhardt's Granddaughter
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CHARLES AUGUSTE ÉMILE DURANT, CALLED CAROLUS-DURAN (LILLE 1837-1917 PARIS)
Portrait of Simone Bernhardt, Sara Bernhardt's Granddaughter
signed and dated 'Carolus-Duran/Janvier 1896.' (lower left); inscribed 'Simone.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
50 x 29 ¾ in. (127 x 75.5 cm.)
Portrait of Simone Bernhardt, Sara Bernhardt's Granddaughter
signed and dated 'Carolus-Duran/Janvier 1896.' (lower left); inscribed 'Simone.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
50 x 29 ¾ in. (127 x 75.5 cm.)
Provenance
Maurice Bernhardt (1864-1928), Paris, the father of the sitter.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 November 1989, lot 171, as Portrait de Simone.
The Collection of the Rothschild Family, acquired at the above sale.
By descent to the present owners.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 November 1989, lot 171, as Portrait de Simone.
The Collection of the Rothschild Family, acquired at the above sale.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
'At the Cercle de l'Union Artistique', The New York Herald, Paris, 3 February 1896, p. 3.
O. Merson, 'Chronique des Beaux-Arts. Exposition au cercle de l'Union artistique, rue Boissy-d'Anglas, 5', Le Monde illustré, Paris, 29 February 1896, p. 159, as Simonne.
B. de Maurceley, 'L'Art au Champ de Mars', L'Evénement, Paris, 5 May 1896, n.p.
Frivoline, 'Art et Chiffons', L'Art et la mode journal de la vie mondaine, Paris, 9 May 1896, p. 309.
F. de Monnecove, 'Les Expositions', La Revue Septontrionale, Paris, 1896, p. 149, as Simone.
E. Bricon, Psychologie d'Art, Les Maitres de la fin du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1900, p. 121, as Simonne Bernhardt.
O. Merson, 'Chronique des Beaux-Arts. Exposition au cercle de l'Union artistique, rue Boissy-d'Anglas, 5', Le Monde illustré, Paris, 29 February 1896, p. 159, as Simonne.
B. de Maurceley, 'L'Art au Champ de Mars', L'Evénement, Paris, 5 May 1896, n.p.
Frivoline, 'Art et Chiffons', L'Art et la mode journal de la vie mondaine, Paris, 9 May 1896, p. 309.
F. de Monnecove, 'Les Expositions', La Revue Septontrionale, Paris, 1896, p. 149, as Simone.
E. Bricon, Psychologie d'Art, Les Maitres de la fin du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1900, p. 121, as Simonne Bernhardt.
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition du Cercle de l'Union artistique, 1896.
Paris, Champ-de-Mars, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1896, no. 250.
Paris, Champ-de-Mars, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1896, no. 250.