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Jean Béraud (French, 1849-1935)LE PARC MONCEAUSigned Jean Bèraud and dated Xbre 1887 (lower right)
Painted in October 1887
Oil on panel
9 1/8 by 12 7/8 in. (23.2 by 32.7 cm)
Estimate: $150,000-$200,000
PROVENANCE
Madame H. Antoine-May (acquired by 1933)
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 18, 1983, lot 21
Richard Green Fine Paintings, Ltd., London
Acquired from the above.
EXHIBITED
Paris, Exposition du Cercle de l’Union artistique, 1888, n.n.
Paris, L’Union interalliée, Exposition des cent portraits, 1922, no. 13 (titled Portrait de M.A.M. et de ses fils)
Paris, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Le Décor de la vie sous la IIIe République de 1870 à 1900, 1933, no. 23 (titled Monsieur Antoine-May et ses fils)
Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Jean Béraud, Peintre de la vie parisienne, 1936-37, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Portrait de M. Antoine-May et de ses fils (Devant la grille du parc Monceau))
London, Richard Green Fine Paintings, Ltd., Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, 1983, no. 2, illustrated in the catalogue
LITERATURE
“Les Expositions des Cercles,” in L’Artiste, 1888, vol. CXXVII, no. 1, p. 190
“Les Oeuvres et les Hommes,” in Le Correspondant, Paris, 1888, vol. 150, p. 728
Auguste Dalligny, “L’Exposition du Cercle de l’Union artistique,” in Le Journal des arts, February 14-17, 1888, p. 1
Ernest Hoschedé, “Exposition de l’Union Artistique,” in L’Événement, February 15, 1888, p. 3
Paul Mantz, “Exposition du Cercle de l’Union artistique,” in Le Temps, February 28, 1888, p. 3
Louis de Fourcaud, “À travers les expositions,” in La Revue illustrée, April 1, 1888, pp. 247-48, illustrated p. 245
Patrick Offenstadt, Jean Béraud 1849-1935, The Belle Époque: A Dream of Times Gone By, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 1999, no. 5, illustrated p. 89
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