Lot 459
  • 459

Théo van Rysselberghe

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Théo van Rysselberghe
  • Portrait de femme
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated Aug. 1901 (lower left)
  • pastel on paper
  • 42.4 by 35.5cm., 16 3/4 by 14in.

Provenance

Private Collection, United Kingdom (sale: Sotheby’s, London, 19th October 1988, lot 228)
JPL Fine Arts, London (purchased at the above sale)
Galerie Salis, Salzburg
Wolseley Fine Arts, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 21st March 1994

Literature

Ronald Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe, Catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 2003, no. 1901-017, illustrated p. 335

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and t-hinged to the mount at the upper two corners. There is a very small paper loss to the upper left corner, not visible when framed. The sheet is slightly undulating. There is some mount staining visible to the extreme left edge, not visible when framed. There is a 1cm paper nick to the surface layer of the verso and not visible on the recto. This work is in overall very good condition.
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