ID 1027822
Lot 16 | GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 900 000
Trouville, la plage et les villas
stamped with the artist's signature ‘G. Caillebotte’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 ¼ x 32 1/8 in. (65 x 81.5 cm.)
Painted in 1882
Provenance
The artist’s estate.
Galerie Lorenceau, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1966.
Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, by whom acquired from the above on 22 July 1966.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 7 July 1971, lot 25A.
R. Wise, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired again by 1978, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Bérhaut, Rétrospective Gustave Caillebotte, exh. cat., Rennes, 1951, no. 143 (titled 'Villerville').
M. Bérhaut, Caillebotte: Sa vie et son œuvre, catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, no. 195, p. 147 (illustrated).
M. Bérhaut, Gustave Caillebotte: Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, no. 228, p. 160 (illustrated).
J.-S. Klein, Lumières normandes, Les hauts-lieux de l'Impressionnisme, Rouen, 2013, p. 196 (illustrated).
M. Marrinan, Gustave Caillebotte, Painting the Paris of Naturalism, 1872-1887, Los Angeles, 2016, pp. 330 & 336 (illustrated fig., 167, p. 331).
S. Guégan, Caillebotte, Peintre des extrêmes, Paris, 2021, no. 124, p. 187 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition rétrospective d’œuvres de G. Caillebotte, June 1894, no. 88.
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Über das Wasser – Gustave Caillebotte, June – October 2008, no. 33, p. 83 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Copenhagen, Ordrupgaard, October 2008 - February 2009 and Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, March - June 2009.
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea, March – July 2009.
Giverny, Musée des impressionnismes, Caillebotte, peintre et jardinier, March - July 2016, no. 39, p. 149 (illustrated p. 88).
Further Details
The Comité Caillebotte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) |
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