Ravissement de Senta et du Hollandais

Details

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
Ravissement de Senta et du Hollandais
signed and inscribed 'A.G. Hédiard h.Fantin' (lower left)
black crayon and sanguine on paper
image: 8 3/8 x 3/4 in. (21.5 x 14.5 cm.)
sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (26.5 x 19 cm.)
Drawn circa 1885

Provenance

Madame G. Hédiard.
Private collection, Japan.

Literature

V. Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l’oeuvre complet de Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, no. 1234, p. 127.
compare E. Lucie-Smith, Henri Fantin-Latour, New York, 1977, no. 107 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Tempelaere, Dessins de Fantin-Latour, 1901, no. 4.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Fantin Latour catalogue raisonné being prepared by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.

This drawing is a study for one of the lithographs Fantin-Latour created for Adolphe Jullien's book Richard Wagner, sa vie et ses oeuvres, Paris, 1886 (Mason et al. 64).

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