Details
JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN CONSTANT (French, 1845-1902)
Moorish Procession
signed B. Constant. lower right--oil on canvas
39¼ x 52¾in. (99.7 x 134cm.)
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London (until 1979)
Literature
J. Buisson, "Le Salon de 1881" Gazette des Beaux-Arts, July 1881, pp. 52-53
J. Landrigan, "The Forbes Magazine Collection at the Palais Menoub, Tangier", Antiques, June 1982, p. 1387 (illustrated pl. VII)
D. Rosenthal, Orientalism, (exh. cat), Rochester, 1982, no. 15, (illustrated fig. 88)
M. A. Stevens, ed., The Orientalists: Delacroix to Matisse-The Allure of North Africa and the Near East, Washington, D.C., 1984, no. 4
Exhibited
Rochester, New York, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800-1880, Aug. 27-Oct. 17, 1982, no. 15 (fig. 88 in catalogue). This exhibition later travelled to Purchase, New York, Neuberger Museum, State University of New york College at Purchase, Nov. 4-Dec, 23, 1982 Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, The Orientalists: Delacroix to Matisse-the Allure of North Africa and the Near East, July 1-Oct, 28, 1984, no. 4
