Georges Clairin

La chimère à l'ile de Sarah Bernhardt

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May 20, 06:39 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private Collector

Georges Clairin

French

1843 - 1919

La chimère à l'ile de Sarah Bernhardt

signed G. Clairin (lower left)

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: Sotheby's, London, June 23, 1981, lot 108
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 1997, lot 276
Delorenzo Gallery (acquired at the above sale)

Philippe Jullian, Esthetes et Magiciens, Paris, 1969, p. 6, illustrated
Jean Clay, De l'Impressionisme a L'Art Moderne, Paris, 1975, p. 6, illustrated
Modern Art 1890-1918, London, 1978, p. 64, illustrated

Milan, Galleria del Levante, Simbolismo e Art Nouveau, 1969-70
Bologna, Galleria Stivani, and Florence, Galleria Menghelli, Aspetti del Simbolismo, 1973