NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)

NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)
Minaret in Suez, Egypt
Graphite and white chalk on buff paper
Stamp 'Vente/N. Berchère' [Lugt L.231] lower left
Situated lower right
(Some foxing)
Graphite and white chalk on chamois paper, stamped with the 'Vente/N. Berchère' mark lower left, located lower right
20,8 x 28,8 cm - 81/4 x 11 3/8 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
- Sale, 'Anc. coll. de deux générations d'amateurs des XIXe et XXe c.', Livinec-Gauducheau-Jezequel, Rennes, November 8, 2005, lot 97.2 (titled 'Le minaret, Suez')
- Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale, then by descent)