Felix (1820)

Lot 53: FÉLIX ZIEM

Name: FÉLIX ZIEM
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 2fb12fed01

Est: $60,000 USD - $80,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMay 09, 2013

Item Overview

Description

1821 - 1911
RUINS, PALMYRA
signed Ziem (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 by 45 3/4 in.
83.8 by 115.2 cm

Artist or Maker

Felix (1820)

Literature

Lynne Thornton, Les Orientalistes: Peintres voyageurs 1828-1908, Paris, 1983, p. 89, illustrated
Anne Burdin-Hellebranth, Felix Ziem 1821-1911: Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1998, vol. II, p. 313, no. 1709, illustrated

Provenance

Galerie du Léthé, Paris
Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 26, 1985, lot 24 (as An Arab Encampment by a Ruined Classical Temple)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, February 22, 1989, lot 59, illustrated (as Campement)
Private Collector (acquired at the above sale)

Auction Details

19th Century European Art

Sotheby's

May 09, 2013, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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