Provenance

with Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
with Raphaël Gérard, Paris.
Sacha Guitry, Paris, by 1929.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1972, lot 159 (as 'Livre et poire').
with André Watteau Gallery, Paris
with H. Schickman Gallery, Inc., New York (as 'Still Life of a Book and Pear'), where acquired by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, Toronto.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 1997, lot 75, where acquired by the present owner
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025, nr. 24

Other works by Théodule-Augustin Ribot

Cimabue Teaching Giotto to Draw
c. 1870

A Still Life with Oysters
c. 1860

Pears and wine

Knitter (Tricoteuse)

A cook eating his morning meal
1884