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NARCISSE-VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PEÑA (FRENCH, 1807-1876)
Vieux chênes, rochers, fagotière et petite mare
signed and dated 'N. Diaz. 59.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
2012 x 2834 in. (52.1 x 73 cm.)
Provenance
George N. Tyner, Holyoke, MA.
His estate sale; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 1 February 1901, lot 53, as Les gorges d'apremont.
James T. Abbe, acquired at the above sale.
with Julius Oehme, New York.
Katherine Bell Lewis (1848-1930), Buffalo, NY, acquired directly from the above, 1905.
Alfred George Lewis (1879-1942) and Agnes Bevan Lewis (1878-1960), Geneva, NY, her son, by descent.
Their sale; American Art Association, New York, 25 April 1935, lot 57, as Forest of Fontainebleau (possibly unsold in this sale).
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, gifted by Alfred George Lewis, 1938.
Their sale; Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, NY, 17 November 2018, lot 274, as The Forest of Fontainebleau.
Private collection, acquired at the above sale.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Literature
P. and R. Miquel, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Paris, 2006, vol. II, p. 217, no. 1398, illustrated.
F. Levy, ed., 'Important Sales Held Under Auspices of American Art Association,' American Art Annual, 1903, vol. 4, p. 18, as Les gorges d'apremont.
Exhibited
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
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