Property from the Meier Family Collection
Jean-François Raffaëlli
1850 - 1924
Vieux couple dans la rue
signed J.F. Raffaëlli. (lower left)
oil on cradled panel
20 ⅝ by 26 ⅞ in.
52.5 by 68.5 cm.
The authenticity of the present lot has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, and the work will be included in the digital catalogue raisonné currently in preparation.
Condition Report
Provenance
American Art Association, New York, 7 April 1892, lot 17
William Lukens Elkins, Virginia (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 1983, lot 74
Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above and until at least 1994)
Ann Kendall Richards, Inc., New York
Roger and Laura Meier, Portland (acquired from the above in 1997)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Portland Art Museum, Paris to Portland: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masters in Portland Collections, 2003, n.n., p. 21, illustrated in color and p. 44
Portland Art Museum, 2018 - 2023 (on extended loan)