- Provenance
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From at least 1912
Arsène Aftandil, from at least 1912 [1]To 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]Notes:
[1] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Arsène Aftandil by at least June 22, 1912. See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 408.
[2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), pp. 308-309, no. 359.
[3] François Mautin, grandson of Henri Vever, inherited Vever's Near Eastern collection upon Vever's death in 1942, see Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), pp. 10-11.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Arsène Aftandil
Henri Vever 1854-1942
Francois Mautin 1907-2003
- Description
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Detached album folio; Woman with a spray of flowers.
Border: The painting is set in a gold-sprinkled inner frame and an outer frame with gold, red and blue rulings mounted on a gold-sprinkled paperboard.
- Marking(s)
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On the back: Stamps: London 1931 VV28; Douanes Paris Expos.
- Published References
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- Sabiha Al Khemir. Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture. Exh. cat. Utah. p. 226.
- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 359, pp. 308-309.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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