Mar 05, 2019 - Sale 2500

Sale 2500 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ALEXANDRE CABANEL
Nu masculin assis, vu di sotto in su, aiguisant la lame d'une faux.

Red crayon on card stock. 305x235 mm; 12x9 1/4 inches. Signed in red crayon, lower center recto.

Acquired Paul Prouté Galerie, Paris, by the current owner, with a copy of the original invoice and a photo-certificate of authenticity by Prouté dated February 20, 2006.

This is a study by Cabanel (1823-1889) for a decorative design for the grand apartment of Constant Say in Paris, on the Place Vendôme, 1880s; it was later the aprtment of the Vicomtesse de Trédern and subsequently the Duc de Brissac.