Lot Essay
The dedicatee of this study of a boy in North African clothes, probably made during the artist’s travels in the region, is the academic painter Ernest Hébert, a close friend of Fromentin.
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Property from a New York Academic’s Collection
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN (LA ROCHELLE 1820-1876)
A youth in oriental costume
Details
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN (LA ROCHELLE 1820-1876)
A youth in oriental costume
signed and inscribed ‘A l’ami Hebert/ Eug. Fromentin’ (lower left)
black chalk, pastel on gray (formerly blue) paper
21 ¼ x 14 in. (54 x 35.5 cm)
A youth in oriental costume
signed and inscribed ‘A l’ami Hebert/ Eug. Fromentin’ (lower left)
black chalk, pastel on gray (formerly blue) paper
21 ¼ x 14 in. (54 x 35.5 cm)
Provenance
Antoine-Auguste-Ernest Hébert (1817-1908), Paris.
Deane F. Johnson, New York; Christie’s, New York, 12 January 2005, lot 596.
Deane F. Johnson, New York; Christie’s, New York, 12 January 2005, lot 596.
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