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Jean Béraud, "Le jour d'emprunt (Loan Day)" oil on canvas. Signed lower right , "Jean Béraud". Canvas: 24.75"H x 34"W; Frame: 32.25"H x 41.25"W. PROVENANCE: M. Combe (acquired in 1936). Louis Ferri (acquired in 1963). Drouot, Paris, February 1st, 1967 (h.c., ill.). Max Schweitzer Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired from the above). Christian Humann (acquired from the above in 1970). Sotheby's New York: May 23, 1997, Lot 00286. From the Collection of Sam Wyly, Dallas, Texas. EXHIBITED: "Jean Béraud: Peintre de la vie Parisienne," Musée Carnavalet, Paris, November 1936 - January 1937, no. 48. "The Elegant Epoch," Hammer Galleries, New York, 1969, no. 48 (illustrated). LITERATURE: P. Hermant, "Au temps des victorias," Le Figaro illustré, December 1936 (illustrated, p. 48). A. Dauphin-Meunier, "La Banque à travers les âges," Paris, 1937 (T. II, ill.). M. Mogenet, "Un siècle d'economie française 1863-1963," Montrouge (France), 1963 (ill., p. 105). J.-P. Crespelle, "Les Maîtres de la Belle Époque," Paris, 1966 (no. 215, ill. p. 138). Chantelou, "À l'hôtel Drouot, 30.100 F pour 'Le Jour de l'emprunt' de Jean Béraud," Le Monde, February 4, 1967. "Notable Works of Art now on the Market," The Burlington Magazine, June 1967 (ill. pl. 28). Auction, February 1970, ill. (advertisement for Schweitzer Gallery). P. Offenstadt, "Le Paris disparu de Jean Béraud," L'Œil, March 1987, p. 34. P. Offenstadt, "Jean Béraud: The Belle Époque, A Dream of Times Gone By. Catalogue raisonné," Cologne: Taschen, Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 1999 (éditions française et anglaise), no. 315, p. 241 and ill. in color pp. 9 and 240. Jean Béraud (French, 1849-1936) was regarded as one of the premier illustrators of the Belle Époque era in Paris during the late 19th century. Much like his Impressionist contemporaries, Béraud depicted scenes from everyday Parisian life, observing and chronicling the lives of the working class, bourgeoisie, and aristocrats. "Le jour d'emprunt" captures a scene of "the launch of a state loan, attracting subscribers to the banks and the town halls on the appointed day. Long queues sometimes resulted." (P. Offenstadt, p. 241).