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Lot 67: PIERRE PETIT-GÉRARD

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USOctober 24, 2006

Item Overview

Description

FRENCH, B. 1852
A DIVISION OF CAVALRY

measurements
59 by 91 in.

alternate measurements
150 by 231 cm

signed Pierre-Petit Gérard and dated 1898 (lower left)

oil on canvas

Pierre-Petit Gérard was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, and one can see the master's influence in the fine finish, meticulous detail and vibrant palette of the present work. Petit-Gérard specialized in military painting and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon. He won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.

EXHIBITED

Paris, Salon, 1898, no. 1611 (as Division de Cavalerie Independante, le rapport d'une reconnaissance d'officier, reproduced in the illustrated catalogue p. 13)

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

19th Century European Art

by
Sotheby's
October 24, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

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