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Lot 520:

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Frederick A. Bridgman Orientalist Seated Woman in Yellow Dress Oil Painting, Signed, Circa 1880

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Start price: $1,000

Estimated price: $2,000 - $6,000

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Description

Keywords: 19th century, academic influence, French style, European painting, figurative study, HAREM, interior scene, exotic subject, romanticized figure, decorative composition, period costume

Summary:
Frederick A. Bridgman barely legible signature Orientalist School painting depicting a seated woman in a relaxed pose, dressed in a flowing yellow garment with jeweled adornment, set against rich interior drapery.

Bridgman studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose influence helped shape his interest in Orientalist and historical subjects. After moving from New York to France, Bridgman became associated with the American artists working in Pont-Aven, Brittany, before establishing a successful career in Paris. His travels through Spain, North Africa, Algeria, and Egypt during the 1870s and 1880s provided source material for the richly detailed Orientalist compositions for which he became best known.

(Original Canvas, Presents well with some surface craquelure visible throughout and expected scattered age-related wear and minor abrasions.)
Measurement: 24 x 19 3/4 in. (61 x 50.2 cm.) approx

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Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions. Accordingly, works are sold as ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.

Bidders are encouraged to carefully review all photographs and, when possible, examine items in person prior to bidding. Photographs form an integral part of each lot’s description. The absence of a condition report, notation, or reference to damage does not imply that an item is free from defects, restoration, wear, or other condition issues. All items are sold as is, where is, and may show signs of age, use, wear, repair, or prior restoration. By placing a bid, bidders acknowledge and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Sale.
All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.
Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions.  Accordingly, works are sold as  ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.