Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet

1863

21.3 cm 16.5 cm

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Léon Bonvin was born in Vaugirard, just outside Paris in 1834. Despite displaying great talent in the medium of watercolor he was largely unrecognized by his contemporaries. In 1866 he hanged himself at the age of 32, apparently due to financial difficulties. Working at his fa...

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, by purchase, 1872 (through George A. Lucas as agent) [1]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] A watercolor by Bonvin matching this description was sold at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, on 9 February 1872 (see ""Catalogue de tableaux, aquarelles et dessins, anciens et modernes formant la collection de M. E. A.,"" p. 38). Lucas records in his diary entry for that day, ""At Hotel & bought two Bonvins for Walters - 170.40 fs"" (see Randall, Diaries of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 356)
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