William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Spring Songs



William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Spring Songs
1889
149.5 x 99 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right: W-BOVGVEREAV-1889
Sale Christie's, New York, 28 October 2019


Literature

Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, 2015, Reprinted Second edition, plate 201


Provenance

The artist
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired directly from the above during the Exposition universelle, delivered 12 December 1889, as Chansons d'Amour
George S. Scott, New York, acquired directly from the above, 31 December 1889
George B. Mathews (died 1942) and Jenny R. Modisette Matthews (died 1951), Buffalo, NY, by 1896
by descent to their heirs, Charlotte, NC
their sale, Christie's, New York, 12 April 2007, nr. 100
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, 28 October 2019, nr. 214

Other works by William-Adolphe Bouguereau


William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Plums
The Plums
1900

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Girl Defending herself against Cupid
Girl Defending herself against Cupid
1880

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Shepherdess from the Bordelais
Shepherdess from the Bordelais
1871

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Portrait of Joseph Gabriel Tourny
Portrait of Joseph Gabriel Tourny
1852

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Getting Up
Getting Up
1871