NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)

NARCISSUS BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)
Trees at Valldemossa, Balearic Islands, Spain, ca. 1847
Graphite and white chalk on buff paper
Stamp 'Vente/N. Berchère' [Lugt L.231] lower right
Situated and stamped 'Collection Marie-Madeleine Aubrun' [Lugt L.3508] lower left
Annotated 'voyage de Berchère aux Baléares/et en Espagne en 1847/exposition en 1848' on the back
(Yellowed with trace of passe-partout, foxing and reinforcement at corners)
Graphite and white chalk on chamois paper, stamped with the 'Vente/N. Berchère' mark lower right, located and stamped 'Collection Marie-Madeleine Aubrun' mark lower left, inscribed 'voyage de Berchère aux Baléares/ et en Espagne en 1847/exposition en 1848' on the reverse
41,8 x 31 cm - 11 5/8 x 17 1/4 in.

Provenance
- Sale, 'Vente après décès des tableaux, études, dessins et aquarelles par feu N. Berchère [...]', Me Lechat, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, November 12, 13 and 14, 1891
- Possibly : Sale, 'Important ensemble d'estampes, dessins, sculptures, tableaux : collection de Marie-Madeleine Aubrun et à divers', Rieunier &| Bailly-Pommery, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, lot 464 (part of lot)
- Sale, 'Antique books, engravings, modern paintings, antique drawings and paintings, Compagnie des Indes porcelain, objets d'art et de bel ameublement, antique Oriental carpets', de Cagny, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 29, 2002, lot 90 (titled 'Étude d'arbres en Espagne')
- Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale, then by descent)