Lot 184
  • 184

Théo van Rysselberghe

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Théo van Rysselberghe
  • Torse de blonde
  • Signed with the artist's monogram and dated 19 (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 39 3/8 by 25 3/4 in.
  • 100 by 65.5 cm

Provenance

Oscar Ghez, Geneva
Sale: Auktionshaus Neumeister, Munich, November 28, 1974
Sale: Hôtel des ventes, Versailles, May 6, 1975, lot 158
Private Collection, Switzerland (and sold: Sotheby's, London, April 4, 1990, lot 382)
Private Collection, England (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheby's, London, June, 22, 2004, lot 246)
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Brussels, Galerie Giroux, Théo van Rysselberghe, 1922, no. 64 (possibly)
Paris, Galerie Druet, Théo van Rysselberghe, 1923, no. 19 (possibly)
Brussels, Galerie Giroux, Théo van Rysselberghe, Rétrospective, 1927, no. 98 (possibly)

Literature

Théo van Rysselberghe, letter to M. Closset, December 23, 1919
G. Van Zype, "Théo van Rysselberghe" in Annuaire de l'Académie royale de belgique, Brussells, 1932
Ronald Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe, Catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 2003, no. 1919-016, illustrated p. 425

Condition

The canvas is unlined. There is some minor frame rubbing to the periphery of the canvas. When examined under uV light, there is no evidence of repainting to the canvas. The surface is clean and the pigment is bright and fresh. The work is in very good original condition.
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