Henri FANTIN-LATOUR (1836-1904 )Winter, circa 1904Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left. 55 x 46 cmProvenance : - Gustave Tempelaere, Paris. - Victor Rollin, Malaunay. - Galerie F&J Tempelaere, Paris. - E.J. van Wisselingh & co, Amsterdam. - Beaux-Arts Gallery, London. - Galerie Aittouarès, Paris, October 1984 - Sotheby's sale, Paris, May 1985 - Christie's sale, New-York, November 2, 1999, n° 25 - Galerie Johan Naldi, Paris . Bibliography: Madame Fantin Latour, Catalogue de l'œuvre complet (1849-1904) de Fantin-Latour, Paris, Henry Floury, 1911, listed under n° 2139, p. 226 . Related work : L'Hiver, canvas, 37 x 205 cm, for the four, listed in Madame Fantin Latour, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet (1849-1904) de Fantin-Latour, Paris, Henry Floury, 1911, n°1200, p. 124. "A madwoman, holding a tambourine, is about to climb the steps leading to a lit room" . According to Madame Fantin Latour's comment, "this painting was to be part of the four seasons. Spring was completed in 1901. Autumn, summer and winter remained unfinished" (Madame Fantin Latour, Catalogue de l'œuvre complet (1849-1904) de Fantin-Latour, Paris, Henry Floury, 1911, p. 226).