William BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) Study for 'The Wave Oil on canvas (Original canvas) Signed on the reverse with the initials 'W.B' on the stretcher Artist's stamp on canvas and stretcher verso Various annotations in pencil on the stretcher verso Canvas from the house of L. Aubé Study for 'La Vague', oil on canvas, signed, by W. Bouguereau 9.64 x 12.79 in. 24.5 x 32.5 cm Provenance: It has remained in the artist's family up to the present day; Private collection, Normandy Our sketch is a preparatory study for the painting La Vague (fig.1), painted in 1896 and exhibited at the Salon of the same year, now in a private collection. William BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) 24.5 x 32.5 cm