Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898), Le Poète et la Sirène. Photo courtesy Sotheby's

Signed Gustave Moreau (lower right). Oil on canvas; 38 1/4 by 24 1/2 in. 97 by 62 cm. Painted in 1893. Ⓑ Bonded Property: This lot has been imported from outside of the PRC and is held under the bonded status.

Provenance. Collection of Francis Warrain, Paris
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 24, 1989, lot 82
Private Collection, Switzerland

Exposition: Paris, Collection Warrain, 1906, no. 206
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Gustave Moreau, 1961, no. 45
New York, Helly Nahmad Gallery, The Poet & The Siren, A collection of works by Gustave Moreau- ARMAN The Day After, 3 November - 31 December 2008, 2008.

Litterature: Holten, L'Art Fantastique de Gustave Moreau, Paris, Pauvert, 1960, p. 29, illustrated fig. 38
Holten, Gustave Moreau Symbolist, Stockholm, 1965, p. 76
Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Fribourg, Switzerland, Office du Livre, 1977, no. 404, p. 367, illustrated p. 205

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