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Date: 12/09/2013
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899). "Etude de cheval Etude de cheval". Chalk, charcoal, and pencil drawing heightened with white. c1887-1891. Signed lower right; stamped with artist's wax estate seal VENTE ROSA BONHEUR 1900 on the verso. Good condition; affixed to original mounting board with artist seal affixed. Bonheur is widely considered to have been the most famous female painter of the Nineteenth Century. She was born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur and was a French animaliere, realist artist, and sculptor. As a painter she became famous primarily for two chief works: "Ploughing in the Nivernais" (in French: Le labourage nivernais, le sombrage), which was first exhibited at the Salon of 1848 (now in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris) depicting a team of oxen ploughing a field while attended by peasants set against a vast pastoral landscape; and "The Horse Fair" (in French: Le marche aux chevaux) which was exhibited at the Salon of 1853, finished in 1855, and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Overall size: 8 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (213 x 238 mm). [27923] |1200| {R100}
rosabonheur signaturerosa bonheur signature
Date: 12/09/2013
rosa bonheur signature
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Date: 12/09/2013
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