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19Th Century European Paintings I New York I November 7, 2018 24960 New York I November 7, 2018 New York 19th Century European Paintings European 19th Century 19th Century European Paintings I New York I November 7, 2018 24960 19th Century European Paintings New York | Wednesday 7 November 2018, at 2pm BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES ILLUSTRATIONS 580 Madison Avenue +1 (212) 644 9001 Mark Fisher, Director Front cover: Lot 53 New York, New York 10022 +1 (212) 644 9009 fax +1 (323) 436 5488 Inside front cover: Lot 26 bonhams.com [email protected] [email protected] Facing page: Lot 41 Back cover: Lot 34 PREVIEW To bid via the internet please Madalina Lazen, Director Inside back cover: Lot 21 Saturday 3 November 12-5pm visit www.bonhams.com/24960 +1 (212) 644 9108 Index ghost image: Lot 32 Sunday 4 November 12-5pm [email protected] Monday 5 November 10am-5pm Please note that telephone bids REGISTRATION Tuesday 6 November 10am-5pm must be submitted no later Rocco Rich, Specialist IMPORTANT NOTICE than 4pm on the day prior to +1 (323) 436 5410 Please note that all customers, the auction. New bidders must [email protected] SALE NUMBER: 24960 irrespective of any previous activity also provide proof of identity with Bonhams, are required to and address when submitting London complete the Bidder Registration CATALOG: $35 bids. Telephone bidding is only Charles O’Brien Form in advance of the sale. The available for lots with a low +44 (0) 20 7468 8360 form can be found at the back estimate in excess of $1000. [email protected] of every catalogue and on our website at www.bonhams.com Please contact client services Peter Rees and should be returned by email or with any bidding inquiries. +44 (0) 20 7468 8360 post to the specialist department [email protected] or to the bids department at Please see pages 97 to 100 [email protected] for bidder information including Administration Conditions of Sale, after-sale Bailey Cardinal To bid live online and / or collection and shipment. All +1 (917) 206 1616 leave internet bids please go to items listed on page 100 and [email protected] www.bonhams.com/auctions/24960 as a W lot in the catalog, will be and click on the Register to bid link transferred to off-site storage at the top left of the page. along with all other items purchased, if not removed by 5pm, Wednesday 7 November 2018. © 2018 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. All rights reserved. Principal Auctioneer: Matthew Girling, NYC License No. 1236798-DCA PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GENERAL MORRIS TROPER 1 AUGUSTE DE LA BRELY (FRENCH, 1838-1906) First a kiss signed and dated ‘A. de la Brely. 1864.’ (lower left) oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 23 3/4in (73 x 60.4cm) $6,000 - 8,000 Provenance with Lasslow Art Galleries, New York; General Morris Carlton Troper, Carmel, California (late 1940s); Bequeathed to his daughter, Betty Troper Yager (1962); Thence by descent to the present owner. 4 | BONHAMS 2 ALEXANDRE GABRIEL CELESTE PREVOST (FRENCH, 1832- 1910) The Chinese fan signed ‘Prevost’ (lower center) oil on canvas 32 x 23 1/4in (81.28 x 60.32cm) $5,000 - 7,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 5 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GENERAL MORRIS TROPER 3 THÉODORE ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, 1812-1867) Paysage de Fontainebleau signed ‘T.H.Rousseau’ (lower left); inscribed with the title and artist’s name on an old collector’s label (on the reverse) oil on paper laid down on canvas 9 7/8 x 13 1/8in (25.1 x 33.4cm) $20,000 - 30,000 Provenance Private Collection, H. Baré; General Morris Carlton Troper, Carmel, California (late 1940s); Bequeathed to his daughter, Betty Troper Yager (1962); Thence by descent to the present owner. 6 | BONHAMS 4 THÉODORE ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, 1812-1867) Le casque de Neron à Grenoble oil on paper laid down on canvas 13 x 16 1/2in (33 x 42cm) $20,000 - 30,000 Provenance with Leggatt Brothers, London; Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1964. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 7 PROPERTY FROM THE NINA HARTWELL TRUST 5 NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PEÑA (FRENCH, 1808-1876) Départ de Diane pour la chasse signed ‘N. Diaz.’ (lower left) oil on canvas 21 3/4 x 13 1/2in (55.3 x 34.4cm) $20,000 - 30,000 Diaz de la Peña painted this subject with very little variations at least seven times. They are dated between 1839 to 1869, with the largest and most detailed composition currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 8 | BONHAMS 6 W JULES-ARSÈNE GARNIER (FRENCH, 1847-1889) A scene from François Rabelais’ La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel signed ‘Jules Garnier’ (lower right) oil on canvas 40 x 27 3/4in (101.6 x 70.5cm) $6,000 - 8,000 Provenance with Arte Gallery, Los Angeles; Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 9 7 JOSEPH BERNARD (FRENCH, 1866-1931) The fireflies signed ‘J. Bernard’ (lower right) oil on panel 23 1/4 x 10 3/8in (53 x 26.5cm) $6,000 - 8,000 10 | BONHAMS 8 GUSTAVE JEAN JACQUET (FRENCH, 1846-1909) An auburn haired beauty signed and dated ‘G. Jacquet 86’ (lower left) oil on panel 13 x 9 3/8in (33 x 24cm) $6,000 - 8,000 Provenance Private collection, Texas; Thence by descent to the present owner, 1996. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 11 9 W MARIE FÉLIX HIPPOLYTE-LUCAS (FRENCH, 1854-1925) Provenance A portrait of Loie Fuller Sale, Christie’s, New York, 8 April 2008, lot 97. signed ‘F. Hippolyte Lucas’ (lower left) oil on canvas The American dancer Loie Fuller gained fame and notoriety in Paris 35 x 46in (88.90cm x 117cm) for revolutionizing the world of dance. A free dance practitioner, she created the Serpentine Dance, performed in a long, flowing silk skirt, which dramatically captured the multi-colored stage lights. Her $15,000 - 20,000 performances at the Folies Bergère were legendary and inspired a long stream of artists, such as Jules Chéret, Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec, Auguste Rodin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Franz von Stuck and Demetre Chiparus. Her innovations in stage lighting using chemical compounds for creating color gel and the use of chemical salts for luminescent lighting and garments earned her several patents and the respect of renowned scientists, such as Marie Curie. Fuller was instrumental in introducing Isadora Duncan to the French public and igniting her career. The painting is presented in the original frame designed by the sculptor Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière. 12 | BONHAMS 10 LOUIS JOSEPH RAPHAEL COLLIN (FRENCH, 1850-1916) After the bath signed and dated ‘R-Collin 1898’ (lower left) oil on canvas 30 3/4 x 23in (78 x 58.5cm) $4,000 - 6,000 Provenance Matilde Amuchastegui, acquired in Paris 1941. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 13 PROPERTY FROM AN OREGON ESTATE 11 W EMILE VAN MARCKE DE LUMMEN (FRENCH, 1827-1890) Cattle resting and watering in a woodland stream signed ‘Em van Marcke’ (lower left) oil on canvas 58 1/2 x 80 1/2in (148.6 x 204.5cm) $10,000 - 15,000 14 | BONHAMS 12 MAXIMILIEN LUCE (FRENCH, 1858-1941) Repos au bord de la Seine signed ‘Luce’ (lower left) oil on canvas 16 x 21 1/4in (40.5 x 54cm) $10,000 - 15,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 15 13 W GIOVANNI COSTA (ITALIAN, 1826-1893) A mother with her dear daughter and beloved dog signed ‘G. Costa.’ (upper left) oil on canvas 42 x 32in (106.7 x 81.3cm) $8,000 - 12,000 Provenance Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 25 April 2006, lot 226. 16 | BONHAMS 14 W ABEL DOMINIQUE BOYE (FRENCH, 1864-1934) L’eau courante signed ‘Abel Boye’ (lower right) oil on canvas 42 1/2 x 58in (107.95 x 147.32cm) $6,000 - 8,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 17 15 JACQUES COQUILLAY (FRENCH , BORN 1935) Clementine signed and numbered ‘Coquillay 7/8’ and stamped with foundry mark ‘J. Capelli’ (on the base) bronze with dark-brown patina Height: 41 1/2in (105cm) $4,000 - 6,000 Provenance The artist, Les Essarts-le-Roi; Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1994. 18 | BONHAMS 16 ALEXANDRE ETIENNE STELLA (FRENCH, 1878-1892) Allegorical figures: autumn and winter (a pair) each inscribed ‘Stella’ (on the base) bronze with dark brown patina Height: 37in (94cm) $8,000 - 12,000 Provenance Private collection, New York (acquired circa 1965); Thence by descent to the present owner. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 19 17 EUGENIO ZAMPIGHI (ITALIAN, 1859-1944) A kiss for the baby signed ‘E. Zampighi’ (lower right) oil on canvas 23 x 31 1/4in (58.5 x 79.5cm) $15,000 - 20,000 Provenance Private collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Thence by descent to the present owner. 20 | BONHAMS 18 LUIGI MORGARI (ITALIAN, BORN 1857) Bathtime signed ‘Luigi Morgari’ (lower right) oil on canvas 30 x 35 1/4in (76 x 89.5cm) $4,000 - 8,000 Provenance Sale, Skinner, Inc., Boston, 20 September 2013, lot 534; Acquired at the above auction by the present owner. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 21 19 GIOVANNI BATTISTA TORRIGLIA (ITALIAN, 1858-1937) A maiden spinning yarn signed ‘G.B. Torriglia’ (lower left) oil on canvas 32 1/2 x 25 1/4in (82.5 x 64cm) $10,000 - 15,000 22 | BONHAMS 20 AUGUSTO LOVATTI (ITALIAN, 1852-1921) A terrace on Capri signed and inscribed ‘Lovatti Capri’ (lower left) oil on canvas 13 3/4 x 21 1/2in (34.92 x 54.62cm) $6,000 - 8,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 23 21 GAETANO CHIERICI (ITALIAN, 1838-1920) La Culla; La Pappa (a pair) the first signed ‘G Chierici’ (lower right) and titled (on a label on the reverse); the second signed ‘Chierici’ (on the cabinet) and titled (on a label on the reverse) both oil on canvas each 18 1/2 x 23in (47 x 58.4cm) $50,000 - 70,000 Provenance with Galleria Metzger, Firenze; Private collection, California, since 1965; Thence by descent to the present owner.
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