Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 8th September 2020
Lot 624
Rosa Bonheur (French 1822-1899) Billie Signed with initials
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £14000
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Description
Rosa Bonheur (French 1822-1899)
Billie
Signed with initials, and with the vente wax seal to stretcher
Oil on canvas
32.9 x 42.5cm; 13 x 16¾in
Provenance:
Property of the artist;
Her estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 30 May-2 June 1900, lot 598;
Arthur Tooth & Sons;
Mrs May Fitton, Island House, Steep;
Her posthumous estate sale, Knight, Frank & Rutley, 20-22 July 1954, lot 52
Literature:
Léon Roger-Milès, Rosa Bonheur (Paris,1900), p.127, no. 598