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19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS Wednesday May 4, 2016 New York 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS 19TH CENTURY | New York | Wednesday May 4, 2016 | Wednesday | New York 23159 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS Wednesday May 4, 2016 at 2pm New York BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES ILLUSTRATIONS 580 Madison Avenue +1 (212) 644 9001 Mark Fisher, Director, Front cover: Lot 24 New York, New York 10022 +1 (212) 644 9009 fax European Paintings Inside front cover: Lot 77 bonhams.com +1 (323) 436 5488 Facing page: Lot 89 To bid via the internet please [email protected] Inside back cover: Lot 11 PREVIEW visit www.bonhams.com/23159 Back cover: Lot 40 Saturday April 30, 12pm to 5pm Madalina Lazen, Senior Sunday May 1, 12pm to 5pm Please note that telephone bids Specialist, European Paintings Monday May 2, 10am to 5pm must be submitted no later +1 (212) 644 9108 Tuesday May 3, 10am to 5pm than 4pm on the day prior to [email protected] Wednesday May 4, 10am to 1pm the auction. New bidders must also provide proof of identity Pamela Bingham, Director, SALE NUMBER: 23159 and address when submitting Business Development Lots 1 - 107 bids. Telephone bidding is only +1 (917) 206 1603 available for lots with a low [email protected] estimate in excess of $1000. CATALOG: $35 London Please contact client services Charles O’Brien with any bidding inquiries. +44 (0) 20 7468 8360 [email protected] Please see pages 110 to 113 for bidder information including Peter Rees Conditions of Sale, after-sale +44 (0) 20 7468 8360 collection and shipment. [email protected] Administration Emily O’Hara +1 (917) 206 1606 [email protected] Automated Results Service +1 (800) 223 2854 © 2015, Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp.; All rights reserved. Bond No. 57BSBGL0808 Principal Auctioneer: Malcolm J. Barber, License No. 1183017 1 1 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) Le Marché aux fleurs à la Madeleine signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower right) oil on canvas 15 1/8 x 18 1/4in (38.5 x 46.5cm) US$15,000 - 25,000 4 | BONHAMS 2 2 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) Les grand boulevards signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower right) oil on canvas 10 7/8 x 14in (27.5 x 35.5cm) US$15,000 - 25,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 5 3 3 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) La rue de la Bastille signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower right); stamped with inventory number (on the reverse) oil on canvas 13 x 18in (33 x 46cm) US$15,000 - 20,000 Provenance with Arnot Gallery, New York. 6 | BONHAMS 4 4 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) La Porte Saint Martin signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower right); stamped with inventory number (on the reverse) oil on canvas 13 x 18in (33 x 26cm) US$15,000 - 20,000 Provenance with Arnot Gallery, New York. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 7 5 5 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) La Place St. Michel signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower right) oil on canvas 13 x 18in (33 x 45.7cm) US$15,000 - 20,000 Provenance Sale, Christie’s London, 30 March 2001, lot 73A 8 | BONHAMS 6 6 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) L’arc de triomphe; L’opera (a pair) each signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower right) the first: oil on panel; the second: oil on thin panel laid down on board 6 1/4 x 8 3/4in (16 x 22.3cm) US$15,000 - 20,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 9 7 7 LOUIS ASTON KNIGHT (AMERICAN, 1873-1948) A villa in Paris signed and inscribed ‘Aston Knight/ Paris’ (lower left) oil on canvas 32 x 25 1/2in (81.5 x 65cm) US$4,000 - 6,000 10 | BONHAMS 8 8 EDOUARD HENRI LEON CORTÈS (FRENCH, 1882-1969) A view of Notre-Dame signed ‘Edouard Cortès’ (lower left) oil on panel 6 1/4 x 8 1/2in (16 x 21.5cm) US$12,000 - 18,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 11 9 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN, VIRGINIA 9 JULES NEL-DUMOUCHEL (FRENCH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY) An elegant lady in a Japanese interior signed and dated ‘88’ (lower right) oil on canvas 22 1/4 x 38 1/4in (56.6 x 97.2cm) US$15,000 - 20,000 Provenance Sale, Christie’s, London, 26 June 2007, lot 215, Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. 12 | BONHAMS 10 10 THÉRÈSE MOREAU DE TOURS (FRENCH, 1861-1921) Nature morte sur la table de la cuisine signed ‘T. de Moreau Tours (upper right) oil on canvas 18 1/2 x 25 1/2in (47 x 65cm) US$4,000 - 6,000 Provenance with Waterhouse & Dodd, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 13 11 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOSEPH & EDA PELL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 11 PHILIPPE JACQUES LINDER (FRENCH, 1835-1914) Tea time in the park signed ‘P. Linder’ (lower left) oil on canvas 18 3/4 x 24 5/8in (47.7 x 62.5cm) US$10,000 - 15,000 Provenance with Frost & Reed, London. 14 | BONHAMS 12 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOSEPH & EDA PELL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 12 ADRIEN MOREAU (FRENCH, 1843-1906) Elegant figures strolling in the park signed ‘Adrien. Moreau.(lower right) oil on panel 24 1/2 x 18 1/2in (62.3 x 47cm) US$8,000 - 12,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 15 13 13 ADOLPHE JOSEPH THOMAS MONTICELLI (FRENCH, 1824-1886) A garden party signed ‘Monticelli’ (lower left) oil on cradled panel 15 x 23 1/2in (38 x 59.8cm) US$6,000 - 8,000 16 | BONHAMS 14 14 MAURICE LENOIR (FRENCH, 1872-1931) Paris at midday signed ‘M. Lenoir’ (lower left) oil on panel 9 1/2 x 12 3/4in (24.5 x 32.5cm) US$7,000 - 9,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 17 15 15 15 ALBERT-ANATOLE-MARTIN-ERNEST LAMBRON DES PILTIERS (FRENCH, BORN 1836) The musician; The sportsman (a pair) the first, signed ‘Lambron’ (lower right) oil on canvas each 9 1/2 x 4 3/4in (24.3 x 12cm) US$8,000 - 12,000 18 | BONHAMS 16 16 LOUIS ASTON KNIGHT (AMERICAN, 1873-1948) A view of Risle Valley, Normandy signed and inscribed ‘Aston Knight/ Paris’ (lower right) oil on canvas 25 3/4 x 32in (65.5 x 81.5cm) US$8,000 - 12,000 Provenance with Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 19 17 17 W EMILE JEAN BAPTISTE PHILIPPE BIN (FRENCH, 1825-1897) The Death of Orpheus signed and dated ‘Emile Bin 1874’ (lower left) oil on canvas 55 x 44 1/2in (140 x 113cm) US$12,000 - 18,000 Provenance Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 25 April 2006, lot 52. A similar painting with the same title was Emile Bin’s entry to the salon of 1863. It is unknown why the artist chose to repeat such an unusual subject matter in 1874. The painting depicts the last episode in Orpheus’ life. The loss of Eurydice in the underworld caused Orpheus to despise women. As the women of Ciconia in Thrace found out about it, they descended furiously upon him and tore him to bits. 20 | BONHAMS 18 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK ESTATE 18 GUSTAVE DORÉ (FRENCH, 1832-1883) A hero’s invocation signed ‘GDoré’ (lower right) pen and black ink, brown wash over graphite, heightened with white on panel 9 1/4 x 7 1/4in (24.5 x 18.5cm) US$4,000 - 6,000 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 21 19 19 ROSA BONHEUR (FRENCH, 1822-1899) Highland cattle signed ‘Rosa Bonheur’ and dated ‘1876’ (lower left) oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 32 3/4in (64.7 x 83cm) US$6,000 - 8,000 Provenance with Petersen Galleries, Beverly Hills, California. Sale, Butterfield & Butterfield, 20 May 1992, lot 4962. Exhibited Irvine California, The Irvine Museum, Inner Visions, Women Artists of California, 17 March - 7 June 2012. 22 | BONHAMS 20 20 CHARLES-FRANÇOIS DAUBIGNY (FRENCH, 1817-1878) Peasant women at the edge of a village signed ‘Daubigny’ (lower right) oil on panel 11 1/4 x 18in (28 x 45.8cm) US$6,000 - 8,000 Provenance with Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco. Edmund B. Rickhard, Tucson, Arizona. Sale, Butterfields & Butterfields, 19 November 1997, lot 4180. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 23 21 22 21 22 ALBERTO ROSATI (ITALIAN, 1893-1971) GIULIO ROSATI (ITALIAN, 1858-1917) The rug merchant Arab men in the town square signed ‘Alberto Rosati’ (lower left) signed ‘G. Rosati’ (lower right) watercolor on paper watercolor on paper laid down on board 21 3/4 x 15 3/4in (55.3 x 40cm) 22 x 14 3/4in (56 x 37.5cm) US$4,000 - 6,000 US$4,000 - 6,000 24 | BONHAMS 23 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANAWALT, BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA 23 W JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME (FRENCH, 1824-1904) La femme au voile signed ‘J.L. GEROME’, numbered and inscribed ‘943J France’ (on base) polychrome bronze and marble on red marble base height: 26in (66cm) on 1 1/2in (4cm) base US$30,000 - 50,000 Literature Gerald Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, London, 1986, no. 65, pp. 330-331, for an illustration of another example. 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS | 25 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANAWALT, BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA 24 EDWIN LORD WEEKS (AMERICAN, 1849-1903) This present extraordinary painting, both large and striking, is a Start for the Hunt at Gwalior masterwork in Weeks’ oeuvre. It depicts a royal procession in signed ‘E L Weeks’ (lower left, atop Moghul device) Gwalior, India, a small city in the hills of north central India, south oil on canvas of Agra, in Madhya Pradesh, an Indian kingdom and princely state 34 1/4 x 52 1/4in (86.9 x 132.7cm) during the British Raj in Rajasthan.