Hugues Merle

Contes enfantines



Hugues Merle - Contes enfantines



Hugues Merle
Contes enfantines
1874
114.9 x 92.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and indistinctly dated, upper right: Hugues. Merle/1874
Sale Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018


Provenance

The artist
with Goupil et Cie., Paris, acquired from the above, 16 October 1874
with M. Knoedler & Co., Paris, acquired from the above 4 November 1874
transferred to stock of M. Knoedler & Co. (operating as Goupil's New York), New York, 31 December 1874
Robert Graves (1820-1886), Tarrytown, NY, acquired directly from the above, 12 April 1875
his sale, American Art Association, New York, 9-15 February 1887, nr. 121, as Nursery Tales
Harry S. Kalson, Pittsburg, PA, acquired circa 1954
by descent to the present owner
sale (Property from a Washington Collection) Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018, nr. 22