19th-Century European Art

19th-Century European Art

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Georges Clairin

The Chimera on the Island by Sarah Bernhardt

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October 15, 06:19 PM GTNN

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7,000 - 9,000 USD

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Property of a Private collects or

Georges Clairin

French 1843 - 1919

The Chimera on the Island by Sarah Bernhardt


signed lower left: G. Clairin 

oil on canvas

canvas: 23 ½ by 38 ¼ in.; 60 by 97 cm

framed: 33 ⅛ by 48 in.; 84.2 by 122 cm 

Sale, Replica Shoes 's, London, 23 June 1981, lot 108

Sale, Replica Shoes 's, New York, 23 May 1997, lot 276

Acquired from the above by Delorenzo Gallery

Milan, Galleria del Levante, Simbolismo e Art Nouveau, 1969-1970

Bologna, Galleria Stivani and Florence, Galleria Menghelli, Aspetti del Simbolismo, 1973

Philippe Jullian, Aesthetes and Magicians, Paris 1969, p. 6, illustrated

Galleria del Levante, Symbolism and Art Nouveau, Milan 1969-1970, pp. 222-223, illustrated

Jean Clay, From Impressionism to Modern Art, Paris 1975, p. 6, illustrated

Jean Clay (ed.), Modern Art 1890-1918, London 1978, p. 64, illustrated

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