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LOT 906

Lot 906

Louise Abbéma (1858-1927)

Louise Abbéma (1858-1927)
Lot 906 Details
Louise Abbéma (1858-1927), French

A FAITHFUL COMPANION

Oil on canvas; signed lower right, titled to the nameplate
25.5 x 19.25 in — 64.8 x 48.9 cm

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $2,400
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Louise Abbéma (1858-1927)
  • Louise Abbéma (1858-1927)
  • Louise Abbéma (1858-1927)
  • Louise Abbéma (1858-1927)
Provenance:

Sotheby's New York: Friday, June 5, 2009 [Lot 00079];
From whom purchased by the present Private Collection, London, Ontario

Note:

Louise Abbéma was born in Etampes and began painting very early on, taking lessons from Charles Joshua Chaplin, Jean Jacques Henner and Emile-Auguste Carolus-Duran. She first received recognition with a portrait of the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt shown at the Paris Salon of 1876.

Abbéma was an accomplished painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer and writer. She was a life-long friend and possibly lover of Sarah Bernhardt.

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