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Spanish Bullfighter with Flowers
Details
JEHAN-GEORGES VIBERT (FRENCH, 1840-1902)
Spanish Bullfighter with Flowers
signed 'J.G. Vibert.' (lower left)
oil on panel
9 3/8 x 6 ¼ in. (23.9 x 16 cm.)
Spanish Bullfighter with Flowers
signed 'J.G. Vibert.' (lower left)
oil on panel
9 3/8 x 6 ¼ in. (23.9 x 16 cm.)
Provenance
Caroline H. Polhemus (1836-1906), New York.
Gifted by the estate of the above to The Brooklyn Museum, 1906.
Gifted by the estate of the above to The Brooklyn Museum, 1906.
Literature
J. G. Vibert, La comédie en peinture, London and New York, 1902, vol. II, p. 70, illustrated.
'Art Gifts to a Museum - Handsome Bequest from the Late Mrs. Henry Polhemus to the Brooklyn Museum,' New York Times, 3 March 1907, p. 5, as Spanish Bull Fighter.
'Art Gifts to a Museum - Handsome Bequest from the Late Mrs. Henry Polhemus to the Brooklyn Museum,' New York Times, 3 March 1907, p. 5, as Spanish Bull Fighter.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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