Lot Essay
A watercolor study for the present painting is illustrated as fig. 59 in Moreau-Nlaton's 1927 book on Bonvin titled Bonvin racont par lui-mme.
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Nature morte au bocal de cerises (Still Life with Jar of Cherries)
Details
Francois Bonvin (1817-1887)
Nature morte au bocal de cerises (Still Life with Jar of Cherries)
signed and dated 'F. Bonvin. 1871. London' (lower right)
oil on board
18 x 12 in. (47.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Painted in London, 1871
Nature morte au bocal de cerises (Still Life with Jar of Cherries)
signed and dated 'F. Bonvin. 1871. London' (lower right)
oil on board
18 x 12 in. (47.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Painted in London, 1871
Provenance
Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, Paris (1925)
Anon. sale, Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 16 April 1929
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1969, lot 183
Mr. Pierpont (acquired from the above sale)
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 March 1973, lot 106 (titled Nature morte la bouteille)
H. Shickman Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1975)
Anon. sale, Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 16 April 1929
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1969, lot 183
Mr. Pierpont (acquired from the above sale)
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 March 1973, lot 106 (titled Nature morte la bouteille)
H. Shickman Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1975)
Literature
G.P. Weisberg, Franois Bonvin, Paris, 1979, p. 223, fig. 142 (illustrated).