WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND STUDIO | L'AURORE (RÉDUCTION)

WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND STUDIO
French
1825-1905
L'AURORE (RÉDUCTION)

signed W-BOUGUEREAU (lower left)
oil on canvas
48¾ by 25½ in.
123.8 by 64.8 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:

Not examined out of the frame. This work has not been recently restored. The lining is applied with glue, and the stretcher is not original. Very broad retouches have been applied throughout the sky and figure, and these seem to be mostly unnecessary. There are also broad retouches in the white drapery around the figure. The amount of retouching to the work can certainly be greatly reduced.

The condition is ambiguous under ultraviolet light at present. While there is presumably some weakness to the paint layer, it seems likely that the condition would be very good overall if the retouches were removed.
For a full treatment report, please contact the department.

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Provenance:
Goupil & Cie., Paris, no. 15571 (acquired directly from the artist, July 1881)

Samuel P. Avery, New York (acquired from the above, May 1883)

Knoedler & Co., New York, no. A2660 (by 1943)

Sigmund Ojerkis, Atlantic City, New Jersey (acquired by 1946)

Hammer Galleries, New York (acquired by 1950)

Sale: Christie's, New York, May 2, 1979, lot 57 (as The Water Nymph)

Private Collection, New Jersey

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 1998, lot 47, illustrated

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 26, 2004, lot 76, illustrated

Private Collection (acquired at the above sale and sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2012, lot 13, illustrated)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner