GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)

Lot 53
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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$ 4 000 000
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ID 1336280
Lot 53 | GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Estimate value
$ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Un balcon, Boulevard Haussmann
signed by the estate 'G. Caillebotte.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¾ x 15 1/8 in. (55.3 x 38.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1880




Provenance

Martial Caillebotte, Paris (brother of the artist).
(possibly) Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (circa 1908).
Edmond Rosenberg, Paris; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 December 1944, lot 47 (following the liberation of Paris).
M. Deville (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Switzerland.
Galerie Les Tourettes (Otto Wertheimer), Paris.
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (acquired from the above, 12 October 1973).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 28 May 1974.



Literature

V. Pica, Gl’impressionisti francesi, Bergamo, 1908, p. 188 (illustrated).
M. Berhaut, Caillebotte: Sa vie et son œuvre, catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, p. 129, no. 140 (illustrated).
K. Varnedoe, Gustave Caillebotte, New Haven, 1987, p. 155 (illustrated in color, fig. 45i; dated 1880-1881).
M. Berhaut, Gustave Caillebotte: Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, p. 132, no. 148 (illustrated).



Further Details

The Comité Caillebotte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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