Landscape of the suburbs of Tunis (Paysage des environs de Tunis)

Lot n° 146
45,5cmx54cm

PROVENANCE

C. Coquelin Collection ;
His sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 27 May 1893, n°37 ;
C. Coquelin Collection ;  
His sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 June 1906 n°47 ;
Sale of M. Corbin's collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 & 20 October 1936, lot 83 ;
Purchased from the above by the current owner's grandfather

EXHIBITED

Galerie Wiener, Nancy, 1887 ;
Les 33, galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1888 n°178 ;
Salon de la société lorraine des Amis des Arts, Nancy, 1900, n°677 ;
Émile Friant, regard sur l'homme et l'œuvre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 8 July - 4 October 1988 illustrated p. 65 n°58 ;
De Charles de Meixmoron à Etienne Cournault. Rétrospective 1892 - 1950, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 18 January - 18 April 1993, n°70 ;
Emile Friant un nouveau regard, Musée Georges de la Tour, Vic-sur-Seille, 10 June - 3 September 2006, illustrated n°35, p.54 ;
Emile Friant,

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LITERATURE

Henri Claude, Friant, Vaux, 2005, illustrated in full page p.98

CATALOGUE NOTE

During his first stay in Tunis in the spring 1887, Friant paints several landscapes and also portraits of people he meets in the Jewish area.