A Pekingese

Details

PERCIVAL LEONARD ROSSEAU (AMERICAN, 1858-1937)
A Pekingese
signed 'Rosseau' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
15 x 21¾ in. (38.1 x 55.2 cm.)

Provenance

By descent in the family of the present owner.

Lot Essay

Another picture of a Pekingese dated 1910 by Rosseau belonged to Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords and was illustrated in William Secord's, Dog Painting 1840-1940, Woodbridge, 1992, p. 324. This was sold at Christie's, New York, 5 December 2005, lot 39 ($10,800).

For a note on the artist please see lot 33.

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