Lot 489
  • 489

Théo van Rysselberghe

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Théo van Rysselberghe
  • Un ravin à St Brelade (Jersey)
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated 08 (lower left); signed van Rysselberghe and titled on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 80.5 by 65cm., 31 3/4 by 25 5/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Norway (acquired by 1926)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Kunstkring, Théo van Rysselberghe, 1909, no. 56
Groningen, Kunsthandel galerij Hofsteenge, 1910, no. 27 (titled as Ravin)
Laren, Larensche Kunsthandel, 1912, no. 62 (titled as Ravin)

Literature

Paul Colin, La peinture belge depuis 1830, Brussels, 1930, n.n, illustrated p. 324 (titled as Chèvres)

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There is some minor surface dirt and the work might benefit from a light clean. This work is in overall very good condition.
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