ID 1027834
Lot 31 | GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Estimate value
£ 550 000 – 800 000
Verger aux pommiers en fleurs, Colombes
signed ‘G. Caillebotte’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 32 ¼ in. (60.1 x 81.6 cm.)
Painted in 1883
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16 May 1956, lot 71.
Francisco 'Paco' Rebes, Barcelona & New York.
Galerie Malingue, Paris, on consignment from the above.
Acquired from the above on 17 May 1984, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
M. Bérhaut, Caillebotte: Sa vie et son œuvre, catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, no. 254, p. 167 (illustrated).
M.-J. de Balanda, Gustave Caillebotte: La vie, la technique, l’œuvre peint, Lausanne, 1988, p. 120 (illustrated p. 121; dated 'vers 1883').
J.-J. Lévêque, Les années impressionnistes, 1870-1889, Paris, 1990, p. 465 (illustrated).
M. Bérhaut, Gustave Caillebotte: catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, no. 266, p. 173 (illustrated).
C. Shields, ed., Impressionism in the Age of Industry, exh. cat., Toronto, 2019, p. 208 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, From Manet to Gauguin: Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, June - October 1995, no. 161.
Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, October 1995 – January 1996, no. 3, p. 42 (illustrated p. 43); this exhibition later travelled to Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Museum of Art, February – March 1996.
Giverny, Musée des impressionnismes, Caillebotte, peintre et jardinier, March – July 2016, no. 50, p. 150 (illustrated pp. 102 & 103).
Further Details
The Comité Caillebotte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist: | Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) |
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Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Gustave Caillebotte (1848 - 1894) |
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Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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