FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (French/American, 1847-1928)

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FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (French/American, 1847-1928)

Le Bivouac

signed and inscribed F. A. Bridgman Touggourr lower right--oil on canvas
32¼ x 39½in. (81.9 x 100.4cm.)


Provenance
Schweitzer Gallery, New York (until 1978)

Lot Essay

This late work most likely dates into the 20th century, and reveals Bridgman's interest in evening light effects which he had begun to experiment with in the late 1880s. Touggourt is a Saharan town in southern Algeria, south of Blidah.

We are grateful to Ilene Susan Fort for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.