Young Girl Selling Oranges and Lemons
by Charles Sprague Pearce (1851–1914)Oil on panel
13¾ x 10½ inches
Signed and inscribed lower right: Charles Sprague Pearce / Paris.
13¾ x 10½ inches
Signed and inscribed lower right: Charles Sprague Pearce / Paris.
Provenance
Helen Sonnenberg Tucker
Estate of above
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, February 1, 2023, lot 31, from above
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
Related Works
A Moment’s Rest, 1885, oil on canvas, 23⅝ x 15¾ inches, signed and inscribed lower left: Charles Sprague Pearce/ AUVERS SUR OISE; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Shepherdess in the Fields, ca. 1890, oil on canvas, 36⅞ x 19⅞ inches, signed lower left: Charles Sprague Pearce.; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Note: Charles Sprague Pearce left for Paris in 1873 where he painted many portraits depicting rural life in Northern France. As evidenced in Young Girl Selling Oranges and Lemons, his portraits often evoke a somber energy.