Gallery Edition – Portrait de femme assise de trois-quarts vers la gauche, tenant un ventail dans la main droite by Arthur-Joseph Gueniot – 44×55 Interior Architectural Study

Curatorial Narrative In the realm of late 19th-century French portraiture, Arthur-Joseph Gueniot’s “Portrait de femme assise de trois-quarts vers la gauche, tenant un ventail dans la main droite” occupies a distinctive position. Executed with a soft brushwork and a palette dominated by brown tones set against a dark background, this work exemplifies the artist’s mastery of Realism infused with a historical aesthetic. The subject, a seated woman gazing softly to her left while grasping an elegant fan in her right hand, is presented with a sense of quiet introspection. Gueniot’s technique imbues the atmosphere with a sense of stillness, as if time itself has been arrested within the frame.When enlarged to 44×55 inches, the chromatic structure of this portrait assumes a profound spatial rhythm, its brown tones and dark background generating an atmospheric weight that anchors the surrounding environment. In a luxury interior setting, th