François Bonvin Corbeille de prunes (or Le Panier de prunes)

François Bonvin
French
1817 - 1887
Corbeille de prunes (or Le Panier de prunes)

signed and dated F. Bonvin. 1866 (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 12 3/4 by 16 in.; 32.3 by 40.6 cm
framed: 17 3/4 by 21 1/4 in.; 45 by 53.9 cm

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Catalogue Note:
Francois Bonvin championed the Realist conviction that everyday subject matter, from still life to intimate genre scenes, deserved to be painted with seriousness and sincerity. Inspired by the work of 17th- and 18th-century still life and genre painters, notably Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, he was instrumental in bringing renewed attention and interest to these artistic traditions in the 19th-century.

Provenance:
with Galerie Brame & Lorenceau and F & J Tempelaere in half share, no. 3728, October 27, 1924

sold by F & J Tempelaere, February 3, 1925

with Durand-Ruel, Paris (no. 3264)

with Galerie Daber, Paris

with E. J. Van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam (no. 50)

Sale: Christie's, New York, 8 September 2004, lot 336

Sale: Stair Galleries, New York, 27 January 2022, lot 612

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner