LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.54 in. (72.50 cm.) (height) by 45.67 in. (116.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the monogram and dated '09' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte moderna, 80 Pittori da Renoir a Kisling, February - April 1964, no. 74.

Literature:

M.J. Chartrain-Hebbelinck, 'Le group des XX et La Libre Esthétique', in Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art (RBAHA), vol. XXXIV, nos. 1-2, 1965, pp. 121-122. Arte Moderna, Milan, vol. III, p. 26. Apollo, London, December 1967. O. Ghez, A l'aube du XXe siècle, Geneva, 1968. M. Ipas, Les peintres de Saint-Tropez, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, 1999, p. 46. R. Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe 1862-1926, Catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 2003, no. 1909-030 (illustrated p 383 and again in colour p. 188).

Provenance:

Oscar Ghez, Geneva, by 1964. Trosby Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, by December 1967. Anonymous sale, Maître Blache, Versailles, 4 June 1975, lot 73. Anonymous sale, Maître Blache, Versailles, 24 October 1976, lot 174. The Modern Art Foundation, Geneva; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1979, lot 224. Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.