Lot 117
  • 117

Johan-Barthold Jongkind

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Johan-Barthold Jongkind
  • Vue de Rotterdam
  • Signé et daté en bas à droite Jongkind 1870
  • Huile sur toile
  • 34 x 43,5 cm ; 13 3/8 by 17 1/8 in

Provenance

1870, MM. Durand-Ruel

Literature

Article de l’exposition « Tableaux et Aquarelles de Jongkind à la galerie Durand-Ruel », par Félicien Fagus, in La Revue Blanche du 1er juin 1899 dans la rubrique « Petite Gazette de l’art », reproduit sous le titre Vue de Rotterdam
Wynfort Dewhurst, Impressionnist painting, its genesis and development  in International Studio, New York, Vol. XIX May, 1903, p.159, avec la mention complémentaire «  By permission of M. Durand-Ruel, reproduit sous le titre A Rotterdam Canal
Adolphe Stein, Sylvie Brame, François Lorenceau et Janine Sinizergues, Catalogue de l’œuvre peint, Vol. I, 2003, reproduit, n°709 sous le titre Maisons au bord du canal, Rotterdam
Archives du comité Jongkind Paris-La Haye
sous le numéro H0813

Condition

The canvas has not been lined As visible in the catalogue illustration, there is a pattern of craquelure overall Under ultraviolet light the varnish fluoresces opaquely, making the surface difficult to read. Some small spots of old retouching are clearly visible to the left of the sky. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with a cloth covered in a slip
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