The European Art Sale
The European Art Sale
Bacchante
Lot Closed
May 20, 06:24 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Raffaello Bartoletti
Italian
1852 - 1927
Bacchante
signed and dated Profesi R. Bartoletti/ P. Bazzanti's Gallery, Florence/ 1900
marble
marble: 71 ½ in.; 181.6cm.
marble pedestal: 24 ¼ in.; 62.2cm.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired directly from the artist, December 1894, as Automne)
David Whitney, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
William Lucking, Detroit, Michigan
Private Collection, Detroit, Michigan (by descent from the above)
Sale: DuMouchelle Art Gallery, Detroit, date unknown
Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Smyd, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan (acquired at the above sale)
The Detroit Institute of Arts (donated from the above in 1977 and sold, Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 1999, lot 50, illustrated)
Private Collection, United States
Sale: Sotheby's New York, 1 February 2019, lot 428
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 158
"Annual Report," Bulletin of the DIA, Detroit, 1977-78, vol. 56, no. 5, p. 277, illustrated fig. 12
Mark Steven Walker, "William-Adolphe Bouguereau: A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Art Pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 74
Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Works, New York, 2010, p. 294, no. 1894/13, illustrated p. 295; and in the revised 2014 edition, p. 294, no. 1894/13, illustrated p. 295
Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum; Midland, Michigan, Midland Center for the Arts; Muskegon, Michigan, Hackley Art Museum, The Figure in 19th Century French Paintings: A Loan Exhibition from the Detroit Institute of Arts, December 22, 1978-April 30, 1979, no. 17