Paysannes des environs de Boulogne (Peasant Women of Boulogne)
15 cms x 1,138.3 cms x 38.61 cms (5.91 ins x 448.15 ins x 5.91 ins)
Signed in plate only lower right
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Canadian and International Prints and Photography" held on Sun, Sep 22, 2024.
Lot 220
Lot 220
Estimate: CAD $100 - $120
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Includes a copy of 1985 receipt from Craddock and Barnard (London UK). From the Gary Robertson Historical Print Collection (Regina). This image is also in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art (Washington).
Notes:
Alphonse Legros was born in 1837 in Dijon, France. He studied in Paris at the drawing school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He exhibited widely in Paris, including at the Paris Salon, but moved to London in 1863 at the encouragement of his friend James Whistler. There he continued making etchings and taught, first at the South Kensington School of Art then at Slade School of Art at the University College London. Alphonse Legros died in 1911 in Watford, England.
Includes a copy of 1985 receipt from Craddock and Barnard (London UK). From the Gary Robertson Historical Print Collection (Regina). This image is also in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art (Washington).
Notes:
Alphonse Legros was born in 1837 in Dijon, France. He studied in Paris at the drawing school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He exhibited widely in Paris, including at the Paris Salon, but moved to London in 1863 at the encouragement of his friend James Whistler. There he continued making etchings and taught, first at the South Kensington School of Art then at Slade School of Art at the University College London. Alphonse Legros died in 1911 in Watford, England.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.