Arab Fantasia

1867

67 cm 52 cm

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In 1862 the municipal government of Barcelona authorized Fortuny to return to North Africa to refresh his memory for painting the "Battle of Wad-Ras." He left Rome in September and spent two months making drawings and studies in oils and watercolors near Tangier, Tetuan, Fonda...

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Goupil et Cie., Paris, by purchase from the artist, July 5, 1867 [1]; William H. Stewart, Paris and New York, by purchase July 5, 1867 [2]; William H. Stewart Sale, American Art Association, New York, February 3-4, 1898, no. 27 [3]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, February 1898, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] sold for 3,000 francs[2] sold for 5,000 francs[3] sold for $12,000 (annotated auction catalog, WAM library)
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