Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898), Suzanne et les vieillards. Photo courtesy Sotheby's
Signed Gustave Moreau (lower left). Oil on canvas; 31 7/8 by 25 1/2 in. 81.3 by 66 cm. Painted circa 1895. Ⓑ Bonded Property: This lot has been imported from outside of the PRC and is held under the bonded status.
Provenance: Collection Allard and Noel (acquired from the artist 1895)
P. Chavanne, Paris
Sale: Hotel Drout, Paris, 17 December 1906, lot 38 (illustrated as La Chaste Suzanne)
Private Collection, Turin
Private Collection, Japan
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 18, 1998, lot 20
Exposition: New York, Helly Nahmad Gallery, The Poet & The Siren, A collection of works by Gustave Moreau - ARMAN The Day After, 3 November - 31 December 2008, 2008
Litterature: A. Renan, Gustave Moreau, Paris, 1900, p. 34
Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Fribourg, 1977, no. 419, pp. 178, 377, illustrated p.227
Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, Paris, 1995, p. 204, illustrated p.205
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