Signed 'J.E. Blanche' bottom right; also with French preparer's stencil verso, oil on canvas
87 1/2 x 48 in. (222.3 x 121.9cm)
Executed circa 1910.

Provenance

The McKean Family Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By descent in the McKean family.

Note

We wish to thank Jane Roberts and Muriel Molines for confirming the authenticity of the present Lot, which will be included in the online Catalogue Raisonné of the Artist's work.

The present painting was executed in the Artist's studio in Auteuil, rue des Fontis - where the artist and his parents moved in 1873. Blanche had his studio built in 1878 and turned it into a living room, preferring to live there instead of in his parents' mansion. In the background of the present work, once can spot Blanche's impressive Coromandel lacquer screen, which is featured in many other portraits set in the artist's studio such as Vaslav Nijinsky in 'Danse Siamoise' from circa 1911.