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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 30, 2019 | Sotheby's | London | The Orientalist Sale | 22 | $****** - ****** | EVENING PRAYER, CAIRO |
paintings
49.5 x 81 cm (19.49 x 31.89 in)
oil on panel
signed J.L. GEROME lower left
Sam Mendel, Manley Hall, Manchester (by 1 July 1870, titled Prayer at Cairo. Mendel (1814-1884), called the 'Merchant Prince', was a highly successful textile merchant until the opening of the Suez Canal revolutionised trade between Britain and its colonies, leading to his bankruptcy and sales of the estate and contents of Manley Hall at auction in 1875)
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London (acquired from the above by 22 September 1873)
Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow, Middlesbrough (purchased from the above in October 1873 as Prayer at Cairo; Bolckow (1806-78) was a prominent industrialist and Member of Parliament)
Mrs Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow (by descent from the above in 1878)
Sale: Christie's, London, 5 May 1888, lot 18 (as Prayer in the East)
Goupil & Cie., London (stock no. 28710; purchased at the above sale)
Boussod, Valadon & Cie., New York (BVC stock no. 19240; sold as Prayer in the East)
William P. Henszey, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (purchased from the above on 28 September 1889 as Evening Prayer; Henszey (1832-1909) a Pennsylvania railroad baron, was a major patron of the arts. His residence, Redleaf, was filled with significant paintings including the present work)
Max Pochapin, New York (as Evening Prayer. Pochapin was the founder and President of Art Movement, Inc., a New York art dealership locate don Fifth Avenue)
W.G. Dickenson, Lockport, New York (purchased from the above on 16 March 1945); thence by descent to the previous owner
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Royal Mining, Engineering, and Industrial Exhibition (International and Colonial), 1887, no. 905 (as Prayer in the East)
Philadelphia, Union League of Philadelphia, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Eminent Artists Belonging to a few Citizens of Philadelphia, 1893, no. 58 (as Evening Prayer)
Philadelphia, Union League of Philadelphia, Art Loan Exhibition, 1899, no. 67 (as Evening Prayer)
signed J.L. GEROME lower left
oil on panel
49.5 by 81cm., 19½ by 31¾in.
