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    Sale 8898

    IMPRESSIONIST AND 19TH CENTURY ART

    London, South Kensington

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    12 October 2000

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    • Théodore Augustin Ribot (Frenc
    Lot 247

    Théodore Augustin Ribot (French, 1823-1891)

    An amusing story

    Price realised

    GBP 10,575

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    Théodore Augustin Ribot (French, 1823-1891)
    An amusing story
    signed 't. Ribot' (lower left)
    oil on canvas
    29 x 23½ in. (73.7 x 59.7 cm.)

    Provenance

    Alexander Young, Blackheath.
    M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
    Galerie Wallis and Son, London.
    Fritzes Konsthandel, Stockholm.
    Otto Bjorklund, Stockholm.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Art News, 16 August 1930.
    The story is representive of Ribot's later focus as an artist.


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