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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
French
1845 - 1902
Dolce far niente
signed and dated Benj-Constant.1882 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 109 by 216cm., 43 by 85in.
Framed: 164 by 266.5cm., 64½ by 105in.
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London
Sale: Christie's, London, 17 June 1994, lot 196
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Lynne Thornton, Du Maroc Aux Indes, Voyages en Orient, Paris, 1998, p. 92 (illustrated)
Nathalie Bondil (ed.), Benjamin-Constant, Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, exh. cat., New Haven & London, 2014, no. 300, p. 238 (illustrated), as Odalisque
Exhibited
Toulouse, Musée des Augustins; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Benjamin-Constant: Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, 2014-15, no. 300, p. 380, illustrated in the catalogue, p. 302
French
1845 - 1902
Dolce far niente
signed and dated Benj-Constant.1882 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 109 by 216cm., 43 by 85in.
Framed: 164 by 266.5cm., 64½ by 105in.
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London
Sale: Christie's, London, 17 June 1994, lot 196
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Lynne Thornton, Du Maroc Aux Indes, Voyages en Orient, Paris, 1998, p. 92 (illustrated)
Nathalie Bondil (ed.), Benjamin-Constant, Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, exh. cat., New Haven & London, 2014, no. 300, p. 238 (illustrated), as Odalisque
Exhibited
Toulouse, Musée des Augustins; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Benjamin-Constant: Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, 2014-15, no. 300, p. 380, illustrated in the catalogue, p. 302
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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
French
1845 - 1902
Dolce far niente
signed and dated Benj-Constant.1882 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 109 by 216cm., 43 by 85in.
Framed: 164 by 266.5cm., 64½ by 105in.
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London
Sale: Christie's, London, 17 June 1994, lot 196
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Lynne Thornton, Du Maroc Aux Indes, Voyages en Orient, Paris, 1998, p. 92 (illustrated)
Nathalie Bondil (ed.), Benjamin-Constant, Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, exh. cat., New Haven & London, 2014, no. 300, p. 238 (illustrated), as Odalisque
Exhibited
Toulouse, Musée des Augustins; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Benjamin-Constant: Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, 2014-15, no. 300, p. 380, illustrated in the catalogue, p. 302
French
1845 - 1902
Dolce far niente
signed and dated Benj-Constant.1882 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 109 by 216cm., 43 by 85in.
Framed: 164 by 266.5cm., 64½ by 105in.
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London
Sale: Christie's, London, 17 June 1994, lot 196
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Lynne Thornton, Du Maroc Aux Indes, Voyages en Orient, Paris, 1998, p. 92 (illustrated)
Nathalie Bondil (ed.), Benjamin-Constant, Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, exh. cat., New Haven & London, 2014, no. 300, p. 238 (illustrated), as Odalisque
Exhibited
Toulouse, Musée des Augustins; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Benjamin-Constant: Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, 2014-15, no. 300, p. 380, illustrated in the catalogue, p. 302
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