Gustave Loiseau

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1918)
Witcomb Collection, Buenos Aires (acquired from the above in 1926)
Sale: Me Blache, Jardin des Etablissements Truffant, Versailles, May 15, 1963, lot 32
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1966)
Private Collection (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1990, lot 126)
Private Collection
Acquired from the above in 1993

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Tableaux par Gustave Loiseau, 1920, no. 4
Paris, Grand Palais, Salon des Artistes Indépendants, 1926, no. 601

Jean Melas-Kyriazi, Gustave Loiseau, l'Historiographe de la Seine, Athens, 1979, illustrated in color p. 70

The canvas has been lined. Thin lines of stable cracking are scattered throughout the lighter pigments, though overall the surface is nicely textured and the impasto has been well-preserved. Under UV light: certain pigments fluoresce and a broad 1.5-in. stroke of inpainting is visible toward the center of the suspension cables at top right. A couple other pindot retouches are visible scattered at top left. The work is in good condition.
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Fig. 1 Gustave Caillebotte, La Seine et le pont de chemin de fer d'Argenteuil, circa 1885, oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation