Lot 100
  • 100

Alfred Stevens

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Description

  • Alfred Stevens
  • STILL LIFE WITH POTTED GERANIUMS
  • signed with the artist's monogram (upper left)
  • oil on panel
  • 5¾ by 4 in.
  • 14.6 by 10.1 cm

Provenance

Vincent van Gogh (and his posthumos sale: Pulchri Studio, La Haye, April 3, 1889, lot 135)
Sale: Christie's, Amsterdam, April 26, 1995, lot 216, illustrated

Exhibited

New York, John Mitchell Fine Paintings at Adam Williams Fine Art, Alfred Stevens, 1823-1906, Oct. 19-Nov. 12, 2004, no. 8 

Literature

Tableaux dont je me souviens, 1889, no. 143
Peter Mitchell, Alfred Stevens, 1823-1906, exh. cat., London, 2004, p. 43

Condition

Very good condition, on a stable panel, frame abrasion along right edge; under UV: no inpainting apparent.
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Catalogue Note

Please note this work will be sold unframed.