Lot 149
  • 149

EMILE FRIANT | View of Toledo

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Emile Friant
  • View of Toledo
  • Signed and dated lower right E. Friant 91
  • Oil on canvas
  • 39,5 x 55,5 cm ; 15 1/2  by 21 7/8  in.

Provenance

Coquelin Collection ;
His sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 27 May 1893, n°39 ;
Coquelin Collection ;
His sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 June 1906, n°50 ;
Sale of M. Corbin's collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 & 20 October 1936, lot 85 titled La ville au bord du fleuve ;
Purchased from the above by the current owner's grandfather

Exhibited

Émile Friant, regard sur l'homme et l'œuvre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 8 July - 4 October 1988, p.44 n°14 illustrated in color ;
Emile Friant un nouveau regard, Musée Georges de la Tour, Vic-sur-Seille, 10 June -3 September 2006, illustrated n°38, p.54 ;
Emile Friant, le dernier naturaliste ?, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 4 November 2016 - 27 February 2017, n°39a, illustrated p. 100

Literature

Henri Claude, Friant, Vaux, 2005, p.86

Condition

- original canvas - painting slightly dirty, would benefit from a light cleaning Very good condition.
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