James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Triumph of the Will - The Challenge



James Jacques Joseph Tissot - Triumph of the Will - The Challenge



James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Triumph of the Will - The Challenge
c. 1877
216.5 x 109.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: J.J. Tissot.
Sale Christie's, New York, 31 October 2018


Provenance

Jeanne Tissot (died 1964), Besançon, his niece, by descent, 1902
her estate sale, Besançon, Château de Buillon, 15 November 1964
private collection, Besançon
anonymous sale, Christie's, Monaco, 15 June 1986, nr. 119
private collection
with Kurt E. Schon Fine Art, New Orleans, 12 August 1994
private collection, Detroit
acquired from the above by the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, 31 October 2018, nr. 24

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James Tissot The captain's daughter
The captain's daughter
1873

James Tissot The Dreamer
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James Tissot Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)
Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)
1878

James Tissot The Ball
The Ball

James Tissot Gentleman in a railway carriage
Gentleman in a railway carriage
c. 1872