Henri Fantin-Latour (Grenoble 1836-1904 Buré)

L'Aurore

Details

Henri Fantin-Latour (Grenoble 1836-1904 Buré)
L'Aurore
signed 'Fantin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
66 x 54 cm.
Painted in 1904.

Provenance

with Gustave Tempelaere, Paris.
with Galerie Arnot, Vienna.
with Etienne Bignou, Paris.
Mr. E.A. Veltman, by 1947 (according to a photostat in the RKD).
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam, no. 6924, as: L'Aurore.
Acquired from the above by Mr. C.J.M. Schellens, Eindhoven, by 1949.
Mrs. D. Schellens-van Wijck, Eindhoven, by 1960.
Mrs. Kolfschoten-Schellens, Valkenburg.

Literature

Madame Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Henri Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, p. 223, no. 2112, as: L'Aurore (where dated 1904).

Exhibited

Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum/Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Eindhovense Verzamelingen, 5 November 1960-30 January 1961, no. 51, as: L'Aurore (on loan from Mrs. D. Schellens-van Wijck, Eindhoven).
Maastricht, Limburgs Provinciaal Museum voor Kunst en Oudheden, inv. no. 1415/908 (on loan from Mevr. W.J. Kolfschoten-Schellens, Valkenburg).

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Lot Essay

We would like to thank Brame & Lorenceau for confirming the authenticity of the present lot after first hand examination.
This painting will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Fantin-Latour's paintings and pastels now in preparation by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.

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