Sunday, October 21, 2012

Auction Preview: Sotheby's 19th c. European Art
November 8, 2012


William Adolphe Bouguereau
Prêtresse de Bacchus (1894)
oil on canvas
67¼ X 36 in.

Sotheby's Auction House in New York City will be holding its Autumn sale of 19th Century European Art next month, on November 8, 2012.  This particular sale features the largest selection of William Bouguereau paintings of the season, with eight offerings, including a small, technique-revealing ébauche of a young woman's head.  Also included in the sale are paintings by Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau, Jules Bastien Lepage, Frederic Leighton, Edmund Blair Leighton, Sir John Lavery, and John William Godward.

Prior to the auction, all of the lots in the sale are available for public viewing.  The dates and times of these previews are as follows:

Fri, 02 Nov 12 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat, 03 Nov 12 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun, 04 Nov 12 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 05 Nov 12 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue, 06 Nov 12 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed, 07 Nov 12 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

The entire catalog can be viewed online by visiting Sotheby's website, or by downloading the Sotheby's iPod app from the Apple Store.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
Tricoteuse (1873)
oil on canvas
25¾ X 21½ in.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
La branche de cerisier (1881)
oil on canvas
63 X 43¼ in.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
Jeunes filles de fouesnant revenant du marché (1869)
oil on canvas
30¼ X 23⅞ in.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
Le goûter (1901)
oil on canvas
34⅞ X 22 in.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
La tasse de lait (1879)
oil on canvas
28¼ X 19⅞ in.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
Frileuse (1872)
oil on canvas
26 X 21¾ in.


William Adolphe Bouguereau
Study of a woman's head (ébauche)
oil on canvas
13¾ X 10⅞ in.


Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
Before the Engagement
oil on canvas
45 X 31¼ in.


Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
After the Engagement
oil on canvas
45 X 31⅛ in.


Jules Bastien-Lepage
Portrait of Emile Bastien-Lepage
oil on canvas
23⅞ X 17⅛ in.


Jules Bastien-Lepage
Self-Portrait (?)
oil on canvas
23⅝ X 17¾ in.


John William Godward
A Tryst (1912)
oil on canvas
50 X 31 in.


John William Godward
A Roman Beauty (1912)
oil on canvas
19⅞ X 16 in.


John William Godward
Myrhinna (1915)
oil o canvas
16 X 18 in.


Léon-Jean-Basile Perrault
Meditation
oil on canvas
63½ X 36¼ in.


Hugues Merle
Young Girl in a Veil (1880)
oil on canvas
29 X 24 in.


Hugues Merle
A Turkish Beauty (1868)
oil on canvas
39¾ X 30⅝ in.


Alexi Harlamoff
Portrait of a Young Girl
oil on canvas
26 X 19¾ in.


Ludwig Deutsch
The Scholars (1901)
oil on panel
25⅜ X 19⅜ in.


Émile Villa
La Japonaise
oil on canvas
46½ X 33¾ in.


Frederick Brown
Candidates for Girton
oil on canvas
28¼ X 42¼ in.


Pietro Saltini
Le gioie di casa (Home Sweet Home)
oil on canvas
36 X 50 in.


Jehan Georges Vibert
The Canon's Dinner (1875)
oil on panel
21 X 28⅞ in.


Eugen Von Blaas
Sharing the News (1904)
oil on panel
43⅜ X 32¾ in.


Vittorio Matteo Corcos
Un secret partagé (1888)
oil on canvas
39¼ X 24½ in.


Charles-Albert de Saint-Genois
John Hewelt with his Marionettes
oil on canvas
24⅜ X 20⅛ in.


Joseph Lieck
Sleeping Beauty (1889)
oil on canvas
24 X 19 in.


Sir Alfred James Munnings
Shrimp Leading Two Hunters (1912)
oil on canvas
20¼ X 24 in.


Edmund Blair Leighton
Vanquished (1884)
oil on canvas
20¼ X 30¼ in.


Sir John Lavery
The Green Sofa
oil on canvas
25¾ X 36¾ in.


Frederic, Lord Leighton
Study for the Daphnephoria
charcoal and pencil heightened with white on blue paper
7¾ X 17¾ in.


Peder Mørk Mønsted
Charlottendun Forest (1908)
oil on canvas
27½ X 39 in.


Elisabeth Sonrel
La Forêt de Brocéliande
watercolor on board
18⅛ X 22½ in.



2 comments:

Mona said...

Joseph Lieck's Sleeping Beauty is wonderful!

Cat Boysen said...

Thank you for posting!!!!