ID 1027851
Lot 35 | GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Portrait d’Eugène Daufresne lisant
signed and dated ‘G Caillebotte 1878’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 ½ x 32 in. (100.1 x 81.2 cm.)
Painted on Rue de Miromesnil, Paris in 1878
Provenance
Eugène Daufresne [the sitter], Paris.
Martial Caillebotte [the artist’s brother], Paris, by descent from the above circa 1896.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Galerie Lorenceau, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1966.
Acquired from the above on 22 July 1966, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bertall, ‘Exposition des Indépendants, Ex-Impressionistes, demain Intentionists,’ in L’Artiste, Paris, 1 June 1879, p. 193.
M. Bérhaut, Rétrospective Gustave Caillebotte, exh. cat., Paris, 1951, no. 71 (titled 'Portrait de M. D...').
M. Bérhaut, Caillebotte: Sa vie et son œuvre, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, no. 80, p. 109 (illustrated).
K. Adler, Unknown Impressionists, Oxford, 1988 (illustrated pl. 71.)
A. Jolles, ed., Gustave Caillebotte: Urban Impressionist, exh. cat., Paris, 1994, p. 181 (illustrated fig. 3).
M. Bérhaut, Gustave Caillebotte: Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, no. 109, p. 114 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Quatrième exposition de peinture [The Fourth Impressionist Exhibition], April - May 1879, no. 18 (titled 'Portrait de M.E.D').
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition rétrospective d'œuvres de G. Caillebotte, June 1894, no. 66 (incorrectly titled 'Portrait de M. E. B.').
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, on long term loan from 1979 until at least 1995.
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, January - April 1986, no. 69, pp. 266 & 274 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museum, April - July 1986.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Gustave Caillebotte: The Unknown Impressionist, March - June 1996, no. 24 (illustrated p. 124).
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Caillebotte: Au cœur de l’Impressionnisme, June - October 2005, no. 31, p. 183 (illustrated p. 76).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Dans l’intimité des frères Caillebotte, peintre et photographe, March - July 2011, no. 21, p. 94 (illustrated p. 95); this exhibition later travelled to Québec, Musée national des beaux-arts, October 2011 - January 2012.
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Gustave Caillebotte: An Impressionist and Photography, October 2012 - January 2013, no. 117, p. 236 (illustrated p. 159).
Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist in Modern Paris, October - December 2013, no. 9, pp. 70, 257 & 258 (illustrated p. 71).
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye, June - October 2015, no. 24, p. 277 (illustrated p. 173); this exhibition later travelled to Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, November 2015 - February 2016.
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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