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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 31, 2018 | Christie's | New York | European Art: Part I | 8 | $****** - ****** | Femme endormie aux cheveux roux |
paintings
56.8 x 69.9 cm (22.36 x 27.52 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'G. Courbet.' (lower left)
Frédéric Reitlinger, Paris, by 1882, until at least 1896.
Henri-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein (1876-1953), Paris, by 1936.
Private Collection, Paris, by 1949.
with Galerie Alfred Daber, by 1955.
Dr. Peter Nathan, Zürich, acquired directly from the above circa 1975.
By descent to the present owner.
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des œuvres de Gustave Courbet, May 1882, p. 38, no. 15, as Étude de Femme pour le tableau du Réveil.
Paris, Petit Palais, Exposition Gustave Courbet, May-June 1929, p. 26, no. 49, pl. 11, illustrated, as Femme endormie (with inverted dimensions and incorrect date).
London, New Burlington Galleries, Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, 1-31 October 1936, p. 22, no. 31, as Nu: Bather in Repose.
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber, Courbet, 10 June-9 July 1949, no. 12, illustrated.
Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Gustave Courbet, November-December 1949, p. 25, no. 13, as Rødhaaret sovende kvinde (studie til Opvaagnen).
London, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, Gustave Courbet, May-June 1953, p. 33, no. 19.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Le nu à travers les âges, 14 May-June 1954, no. 9.
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Courbet, 7 November 1954-2 January 1955, p. 3, no. 28, fig. 5, illustrated.
Paris, Petit Palais, G. Courbet, 12 January-28 February 1955, no. 52, pl. 48, illustrated.
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber, Plaisir de la peinture, 21 May-15 June 1957, no. 15.
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Gustave Courbet, 22 September-18 November 1962, no. 38, as Femme endormie aux cheveux roux (Vénus).
Paris, Galerie Claude Aubry, Courbet dans les collections privées françaises, 5 May-25 June 1966, no. 14, illustrated.
Ornans, Musée Courbet, Courbet, l'amour, 14 June-27 October 1996, pp. 28, 85, 181, no. 36, illustrated.
Ornans, Musée Courbet, Des nus et des nues, ou, les aventures de la Percheronne, 2003, p. 39, illustrated.
A. Estignard, Courbet, sa vie, ses oeuvres, Besançon, 1896, p. 163, as Étude de Femme pour le tableau du Réveil.
G. Riat, Gustave Courbet, peintre, Paris, 1906, pp. 216-217.
J. Meier-Graefe, Courbet, Munich, 1921, pl. 70, illustrated, as Schlafende Frau, Studie zum Traum.
G. de Chirico, Courbet, Rome, 1926, n.p., illustrated, as Bather in Repose.
C. Léger, Courbet, Paris, 1929, p. 102.
M. Zahar, 'Le retour de Courbet,' Les amis de Gustave Courbet Bulletin, Paris and Ornans, 1949, no. 6, p. 2, as Femme aux cheveux roux.
L. Cheronnet, ‘De la terre à la ville, Courbet et Degas,’ Les Arts, Paris, June 1949, illustrated.
G. Joly, ‘Bonjour Monsieur Courbet,’ L’Aurore, Paris, 8 June 1949, as Nu couché.
W. George, ‘Saison de Paris,’ Journal des amateurs d'art, Paris, 17 June 1949.
‘Art & Littérature,’ L'Yonne republicaine, Auxerre, 19 June 1949.
R. Domergue, ‘Courbet, Cible et Drapeau,’ L’Aube, Paris, 29 June 1949.
G. Veronesi, 'Courbet e il realismo,' Emporium, Bergamo, July 1949, vol. CX, no. 655, p. 22, illustrated, as Donna con i capelli rossi addormentata.
‘Den Store Courbet, Enestaaende udstilling paa statens museum,’ Politiken, Copenhagen, 16 November 1949, illustrated, as Rothaaret sovende kvinde.
M. Zahar, Masters of Painting, Gustave Courbet, New York, 1950, pl. 5, illustrated, as Woman with Red Hair Asleep.
P. Seghers, Gustave Courbet, Propos et présence, Paris, 1959, p. 37, illustrated.
R. Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet, catalogue raisonné, Paris and Lausanne, 1977-1978, vol. 1, pp. 210-211, no. 373, illustrated.
G. Turpin, 'A propos d'une superbe étude,' Les amis de Gustave Courbet Bulletin, Paris and Ornans, 1997, no. 96/97, pp. 24, 33, fig. 3, illustrated.
signed 'G. Courbet.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 3/8 x 27 ½ in. (56.8 x 69.9 cm.)
Painted in 1864.
