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The Death of Orpheus
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Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
Jos Hessel sold; to Gustave Fayet (1865-1925) Béziers 1910. [1] probably Marcel Kapferer Paris by 1938. [2]. [Wildenstein & Co. New York New York] sold; to Private Collector 1955 gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1955
Notes
[1] Hessel provenance from "Gustave Fayet: "L'oeil souverain " pp. 139-140
[2] Marcel Kapferer very likely owned the painting during the 1938 exhibition as it appears below another work lent by Marcel Kapferer with a dash so that the name did not need to be retyped.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Anonymous Gift in memory of Clément Dorra
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