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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION
JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN (1852-1931)
La scène d'Opéra
Details
JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN (1852-1931)
La scène d'Opéra
signed 'forain' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 28 5⁄8 in. (60.3 x 72.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1910
La scène d'Opéra
signed 'forain' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 28 5⁄8 in. (60.3 x 72.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1910
Provenance
The Leicester Galleries, London; sale, Christie's, London, 20 May 1960, lot 73.
Private collection, United Kingdom; sale, Christie's, London, 6 December 1968, lot 23.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1987, lot 64.
Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 2000s.
Private collection, United Kingdom; sale, Christie's, London, 6 December 1968, lot 23.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1987, lot 64.
Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 2000s.
Literature
'Letters to the Editor', in The Daily Telegraph, 10 June 2010, p. 25 (illustrated).
Further details
Florence Valdès-Forain intends to include this work in her forthcoming Forain catalogue raisonné.
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