ID 1064378
Lot 45 | THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE (1862-1926)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 000 – 7 000 000
Péniches sur l’Escaut
signed with monogram and dated ‘1892’ (lower right); titled 'Péniches sur l’Escaut' (on the artist's label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 5⁄8 x 26 in. (54.8 x 66 cm.)
Painted in 1892
Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1988, lot 16.
Alain Delon, Paris and Geneva (by 1990).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
G. Vanzype, "Notice sur Théo van Rysselberghe" in Annuaire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, vol. 98, 1932, p. 130 (titled Les Barques and incorrectly dated 1893).
R. Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe: Catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 2003, pp. 72 and 295, no. 1892-012 (illustrated in color, p. 72; illustrated again, p. 295).
Exhibited
Paris, 20 rue Laffitte, Groupe des peintres néo-impressionnistes, December 1893-January 1894, no. 3 (titled Les Barques).
The Hague, Kunst en Ambacht, October 1898.
Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Alain Delon: 20 ans de passion, au profit de l’Association pour la recherche sur le cancer Léon Schwartzenberg, spring 1990, no. 19.
Further Details
We thank Olivier Bertrand for providing additional information on this painting, which will be included in his Théo Van Rysselberghe catalogue raisonné.
| Artist: | Théo van Rysselberghe (1862 - 1926) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Théo van Rysselberghe (1862 - 1926) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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