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Camille Bombois (1883-1970)

Le clown Boulicot

细节

Camille Bombois (1883-1970)
Le clown Boulicot
signed 'Bombois. C.lle' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (46.6 x 38.4 cm.)

来源

Adelaide Milton de Groot, New York (by 1950).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (gift from the above, 1967 and until 1971).
Wally Findlay Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 1982.

展览

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelaide Milton de Groot Collection, January-Februray 1950.

荣誉呈献

Jessica Fertig

jfertig@christies.com Tel: + 1 212 636 2050

拍品专文

Olivier Lorquin has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.