JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME | THE GRAND WHITE EUNUCH

Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME
French
1824 - 1904
THE GRAND WHITE EUNUCH

signed J. L. GEROME. (lower right)
oil on canvas
24¾ by 19¾ in.
62.9 by 50.2 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: Not examined out of the frame. This work is in excellent condition. The canvas is unlined. The tacking edges have been reinforced to allow for safe stretching. A piece of canvas has been stretched over the reverse of the original canvas, but this is not adhered to the work. The paint layer is in particularly good condition. Under ultraviolet light, four small retouches are visible in the fur collar of the eunuch’s coat, and there are two tiny dots of retouching around the baths, neither of which interfere with the figures. The work should be hung as is.

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Provenance:
Possibly, Goupil & Cie., Paris, no. 14903 (acquired directly from the artist, November 1880, as Eunuque)

Possibly, Sloane (acquired from the above, November 1880)

Goupil & Cie., London, no. 16455 (acquired January 1883, as Eunuque)

Reverend J.J. Couzens, London (acquired from the above, June 1883)

Ogden Goelet, New York

John Levy Galleries, New York

Hubert K. Dalton, Rumson, New Jersey (and sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 16, 1941, lot 80, as Harem Interior)

Louis Kaplan, New York (acquired at the above sale and sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, September 21, 1963, lot 33, illustrated, as Harem Interior)

Edward Binney III, San Diego (acquired at the above sale)

Sale: Christie's, New York, May 23, 1991, lot 44, illustrated

Acquired at the above sale