Keywords: Jean leon gerome une plaisanterie 1882.jpg Artwork Creator Jean-Léon Gérôme fr Orientalisme Peinture de Jean-Léon Gérôme intitulé Une Plaisanterie datant de 1882 On y voit un Musulman fumant le Narguilé dans son salon et soufflant une bouffée à son chien un lévrier arabe appelé également Sloughi 1882 oil on canvas cm 60 73 object history Acquired directly from the artist by Goupil Cie Paris Ffr 15 000 with Schaus New York 1882 acquired from Goupil for Ffr 26 000 Acquired from the above by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge until 1920 By descent to his daughter Mrs Lucius Manlius Sargent née Marian Appleton Coolidge By descent to her daughter Mrs Francis Lee Higginson née Hetty Appleton Sargent By descent to her daughter Griselda Higginson until 1995 By descent to a private collection Virginia Anonymous sale; Christie's New York 25 October 1996 lot 76 with Wendy Goldsmith London exhibition history credit line signed bottom right J L GEROME accession number http //www christies com/LotFinder/lot_details aspx intObjectID 5263434 PD-old-auto 1904 Paintings of animals by Jean-Léon Gérôme Orientalist paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme 1882 orientalist paintings Sloughis in art Uploaded_with_UploadWizard Paintings of men with dogs 1882 oil on canvas paintings 19th-century paintings in unidentified private collections |