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English, Continental & American Fine Art, Furniture and Decorations

Sat, Apr 30, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 1, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 56

JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME (1824-1904): WOMAN WITH A RED COILED BRAID (TÊTE DE FEMME VUE DE DOS)

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
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Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined. 10 x 7 in., 15 x 12 in. (frame).Note: Ackerman suggests that this work is a preparatory study for a figure in either Saint Vincent de Paul from 1847, or Les Pestiférés de Marseille from 1854.Literature: Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, monographie révisée, catalogue raisonné mis à jour, Paris, 2000, illus. p. 215.Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, Monaco, June 20-21, 1987, Lot 754; Sold Christie's, New York, October 24, 1990, Lot 111.