Fleurs, gros bouquet avec trois pivoines

Details

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1944)
Fleurs, gros bouquet avec trois pivoines
signed and dated top left 'Fantin-79'
oil on canvas
16 3/8 x 13¼in. (41.6 x 33.5cm.)
Painted in 1879

Provenance

Mrs. Edwin Edwards, London
Montgomery Sears, Boston
Mrs. J. D. Cameron Bradley, Boston
E. V. Thaw & Co., New York
I. A. Davidson (1950)
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (1950-1954)
Sydney M. Schoenberg, St. Louis (acquired from the above)
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York

Lot Essay

Fantin-Latour's floral still-life paintings were first exhibited in London at the Royal Academy in 1864. Through James Whistler he met Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Edwards, who purchased many of his flower paintings and helped to establish his reputation in England. Most of Fantin- Latour's flower paintings were sold to English collectors. The Edwards' efforts enabled the artist to get through the difficult years of the Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune, and later assured him a regular income.

Galerie Brame & Lorenceau will include this painting in their forthcoming Fantin-Latour catalogue raisonné.