Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
Nature morte à la pomme de Calville
signed and dated 'Fantin 1861' (upper right)
oil on canvas
15 3/8 x 16 1/8in. (39 x 40.8cm.)
Painted in 1861
Provenance
Philippon (painter); his atelier sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 1919.
Georges Berheim, Paris.
F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris.
Etienne Bignou, Paris.
J. Slagmuller, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, 4-7 November 1947, no. 82 (illustrated).
Jacobes Spreiregen; sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1957, lot 75 (illustrated).
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Mr & Mrs Tim Lewis, Melplash Court, Dorset, by whom acquired from the above in 1977.
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner.
Lot Essay
Galerie Brame et Lorenceau have confirmed the authenticity of this painting and will include it in their forthcoming Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels de Fantin-Latour.