19th-Century European Art
19th-Century European Art
Property from a Private Collection, United States
Alexis Vollon
Scène de Carnaval: Pierrot, Colombine et Polichinelle
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, United States
Alexis Vollon
French 1865 - 1945
Scène de Carnaval: Pierrot, Colombine et Polichinelle
signed lower left: Alexis Vollon fils
oil on canvas
canvas: 94 ½ by 82 ⅜ in.; 240 by 209.2 cm
framed: 99 by 85 ¼ in.; 251.4 by 216 cm
Docteur Marchand;
His sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1912, lot 52;
Where acquired by "M. Fidel";
Sale, Christie's, New York, 16 October 1991, lot 58;
Where acquired by the present owner.
L. Énault, Paris Salon, vol. 17, Paris 1889, LXVII, illustrated.
P. Mantz, Salon de 1889, Librairie d'Art, Paris 1889, illustrated.
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris 1889, no. 2670, p. 43 (as Scène de carnaval).
G. Lafenestre, Le livre d'or du Salon de Peinture et de Sculpture, Paris 1889, p. 13.
R. Muther, The History of Modern Painting, vol. 2, London 1896, p. 550, illustrated (as Vollon: "A Carnival Scene").
P. F. Collier, The World's Greatest Literature, vol. 57, Paris 1901, illustrated.
Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1889, no. 2670 (as Scène de carnaval)
We are grateful to Dr. Carol Forman Tabler, who has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this painting on the basis of photographs.