Oranges, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
signed W-BOUGUEREAU- and dated 1865 (lower left)
oil on canvas
46 1/8 by 35 5/8 in.
117 by 90 cm
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (purchased directly from the artist late 1865)
Goupil & Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, January 17, 1866)
M. Knoedler, Paris (acquired from the above, March 29, 1866)
Private Collection
Goupil & Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, July 24, 1876)
Agence de la Haye (acquired from the above, July. 1876)
Private Collection, Brazil
Possibly, Private Collection, Japan
Property from a Distinguished Private Collector (sold: Sotheby's New York, May 7, 1998, lot 40, illustrated and as cover)
Richard Green, London (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Charles Vendryès, Dictionnaire illustré des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1885, p. 32
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 148
Mark Steven Walker, "A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings" in William-Adolphe Bouguereau: l'art Pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p.66
Damian Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau: His Life and Works, New York, 2010, illustrated p. 163, pl. 64
Damian Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, no. 1865/03, p. 84, illustrated p. 85
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