James Tissot

The Proposal

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May 20, 06:19 PM GMT

Estimate

900,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Ralph and Terry Kovel

James Tissot

French

1836 - 1902

The Proposal

signed and dated J.J. Tissot/L. 1872 (lower right)

oil on canvas

canvas: 39 ¾ by 24 ⅜ in.; 101 by 61.5 cm

framed: 50 by 34 in.; 127 by 86.3 cm

Brodney Gallery, Boston where purchased in 1950 by the mother of the present owner and thence by descent

Melissa E Buron and Krystyna Matyjasziewicz, James Tissot, catalogue for the exhibition at the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, 2019, p.18, illustrated p.19, Fig. 23

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, on loan, 2013-2014
San Francisco, de Young/Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, James Tissot: Fashion & Faith, October 12, 2019 - February 9, 2020