William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) Amour se balançant; study for The Day and the Night Black pencil Bears the artist's stamp (L.3838) lower left (Small tear in upper part) Study for Le Jour et la Nuit, pen, by W. A. Bouguereau 11.61 x 17.51 in. 29.5 x 44.5 cm Provenance: It has remained in the artist's family to the present day; Private collection, Normandy Our drawing is preparatory to the figure of an angel in two compositions by Bouguereau, both of which have not been located. The first is a decoration from 1858, Le Jour et la Nuit for the Faubourg Saint-Honoré home of Émile Pereire (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, New York, Antique collectors' club, 2010, t. 2, p. 57, cat. 1858/03, rep.). Only one drawing is known of the second, Amours combattant, based on the motif of Day and Night, painted around 1884 (ibid., p. 229, cat. 1884/15, rep.). William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) 29.5 x 44.5 cm Our drawing is preparatory to the figure of an angel in two compositions by Bouguereau, both of which have not been located. The first is a decoration from 1858, Le Jour et la Nuit for the Faubourg Saint-Honoré home of Émile Pereire (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, New York, Antique collectors' club, 2010, t. 2, p. 57, cat. 1858/03, rep.). Only one drawing is known of the second, Amours combattant, based on the motif of Day and Night, painted around 1884 (ibid., p. 229, cat. 1884/15, rep.).