William Adolphe Bouguereau
French, 1825 - 1905
Sourire d'avril (April Smile)
1896
Oil on canvas
35 x 21 7/8 inches (88.9 x 55.56 centimeters)
signed and dated lower left: W Bouguereau 1896
SOLD
Provenance:
Probably sold by Bouguereau to Tooth& Sons, 30 Apr 1897
Sold by the above to Benson, 30 Apr 1897
Private Collection, Texas
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. 314, no. 1896/14.
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Jules Breton's autobiography "The Life of an Artist" is available on GoogleBooks: http://t.co/bwugE8rZ #Breton #Academic #RealismSeptember 30, 2011 @ 3:11 PM UTC
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Happy belated b-day Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, Oct 4, 1837 http://t.co/TsPKNRuc #GardnerB #AcademicOctober 6, 2011 @ 5:39 PM UTC
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@GettyMuseum curator Scott Allan reviews #Bouguereau catalogue raisonne, "a major milestone in Bouguereau scholarship" http://t.co/j3af4ddxOctober 18, 2011 @ 9:05 PM UTC
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Newly renovated and freshly installed 19th-Century French galleries reopen at National Gallery of Art: http://t.co/7Vr9qHv7 @ngadc #AcademicJanuary 30, 2012 @ 10:37 PM UTC
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