Le Pianiste

Details

Jean Louis Forain (1852-1931)
Le Pianiste
signed 'jl forain' (upper right)
oil on panel
8½ x 10 5/8 in. (21.4 x 26.8 cm.)

Provenance

Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., London.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, III, New York.

Sale Room Notice

Janine Chagnaud-Forain and Florence Valdès-Forain will include this painting in their forthcoming catalogue of works by Jean-Louis Forain.

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Lot Essay

Janine Chagnaud-Forain and Florence Valdès-Forain will include this painting in their forthcoming catalogue of works by Jean-Louis Forain.

This lot is being sold by the Honorable Ethel J. Griffin, New York County Public Administrator, by the authority given her under Letters of Administration issued by the Surrogate's Court of the State of New York, County of New York. No claim has been asserted by any person or entity contesting the Estate's ownership of this work.

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