Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807-1876)
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Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807-1876)

Baigneuses après le bain, coucher de soleil

Details
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807-1876)
Baigneuses après le bain, coucher de soleil
signed 'N. Diaz' (lower left)
oil on panel
9 1/8 x 13 ¼ in. (23.2 x 33.7 cm.)
Provenance
(possibly) M. Bonnet, Paris.
Albert Spencer, New York.
His sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 28 February 1888, lot. 32, as A Siesta.
H. Wilson, acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 April 2004, lot 142, as Les baigneuses.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 28 October 2013, lot 23, as Trois jeunes baigneuses se reposant sur la berge.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. and R. Miquel, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2006, vol. II, p. 380, no. 2316, illustrated with an incorrect image and some erroneous provenance.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Rolande Miquel and Tazi Klaa for their assistance in cataloguing this work. These amendments to the cataloguing will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Diaz de la Peña catalogue raisonné.

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