Property from a Private Collection, United States
Alexis Vollon
Scène de carnaval
Auction Closed
February 2, 09:59 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alexis Vollon
French 1865-1945
Scène de carnaval: Pierrot, Colombine et Polichinelle
signed lower left: Alexis Vollon fils
oil on canvas
canvas: 94 ½ by 82 ⅜ in.; 240 by 209.2 cm
framed: 99 by 85 ¼ in.; 251.4 by 216 cm
M. le Docteur Marchand
His sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1912, lot 52
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 16 October 1991, lot 58
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1889, no. 2670 (as Scène de carnaval)
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris 1889, p. 43, no. 2670 (as Scène de carnaval).
G. Lafenestre, Le livre d'or du Salon de peinture et de sculpture, Paris 1889, p. 13.
Richard Muther, The History of Modern Painting, London, 1896, vol. 2, p. 550, illustrated (as Vollon: "A Carnival Scene").
We are grateful to Dr. Carol Forman Tabler, who has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this painting on the basis of photographs.
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