Pêcheuse, 1872 by William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 - 1905)
William Adolphe Bouguereau
French, 1825 - 1905

Pêcheuse

1872
Oil on canvas
56 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches (144.15 x 87.63 centimeters)

signed and dated lower right: W A Bouguereau 1872

SOLD

Provenance:
Sold by Bouguereau to Goupil, 8 Mar 1872 (Goupil stockbook no. 6223)
Mr. Maison, London, purchased from the above 19 Apr 1872
Pekin Gallery, NY, 1947
Hammer Gallery, NY, 1956
Schiller & Bodo, NY
Private Collection, Paris
Hammer Gallery, NY
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Hachioji-city, Tokyo

Exhibitions:
Fuji Films Museum, Tokyo, 1990s

Literature:
Bartoli, Damien with Frederick Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, (Antique Collectors Club, New York and Art Renewal Center, New Jersey, 2010): p. 143, no. 1872/05.
Charles Vendryès, Dictionnaire illustré des Beaux-Arts: Bouguereau, editions Ludovic Baschet, p. 47
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 150 (as Pêcheur (sic))
Mark Steven Walker, “A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings,” in William-Adolphe Bouguereau: l’art pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 68

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