Lot 103
  • 103

THÉO VAN RYSSELBERGHE | Baie de Saint-Tropez

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Théo van Rysselberghe
  • Baie de Saint-Tropez
  • signed with the artist's monogram and inscribed St Tropez (lower right)
  • watercolour on paper
  • 19 by 24.3cm., 7 1/2 by 9 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1896.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Ronald Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe, Catalogue raisonné 1862-1926, Paris, 2003, no. 1924-017, illustrated p. 439 (as dating from 1924)

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, partly laid down on card. The sheet is affixed to the mount along all four edges and the verso is therefore not accessible. The sheet is lightly time-stained however the pigments remain bright and fresh. There is a small area of surface abrasion towards the upper right corner. This work is in good overall condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier Bertrand and it will be included in his forthcoming Catalogue raisonné.