Louis Welden HAWKINS (1849-1910) - Lot 7

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Louis Welden HAWKINS (1849-1910) - Lot 7
Louis Welden HAWKINS (1849-1910) Peasant woman, circa 1881 Oil on panel. Signed lower right. Study of a peasant woman on the back. 27 x 22 cm Provenance : - M. Borniche Collection (collection stamp on back). Acquired directly from the artist. - Sale Collection M. Borniche, Mes Escribe-de Cagny, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, January 21-22, 1884, catalog, no. 79, under the title Paysanne. Study (fragment of label on back). Our work is a study of the painting Les Orphelins, 1881, (LUX. 353 P and RF. 1034) exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay. This young girl also served as a model for La Fillette et l'oiseau mort, painted around 1883, and appears in a photograph belonging to Hawkins from which he painted. The child probably belonged to the painter's inner circle. We would like to thank Madame Cécile Convert for confirming the authenticity of this work and for the information she provided. A certificate of authenticity, dated May 22, 2026, will be given to the buyer. This work will be included in the artist's Catalogue raisonné: louisweldenhawkins.com. As Rodolphe Salis pointed out in an article in Le Chat Noir dated May 6, 1882, devoted to the Salon and dealing in particular with the painter Hawkins: "M. Borniche is one of his admirers. This entrepreneur, enriched by the timber trade, developed a passion for the arts and frequented both public auctions and artists' studios in Paris. According to contemporary accounts, several thousand works were acquired in this way until his death in 1883. Nine sales were subsequently organized at Hôtel Drouot, between December 1883 and April 1884.
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