Lot 153
  • 153

FÉLICIEN ROPS | The abandoned house

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • The abandoned house
  • Signed lower left Felicien Rops
  • Oil on canvas laid down on panel
  • 25,6 x 41,5 cm ; 10 by 16 3/8  in.

Provenance

Jean-Louis Burtin Collection ;
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Félicien Rops organized by « La Gazette des Beaux-Arts », Paris 1933, n° 29

Literature

Auguste-Jean Boyer d'Agen, Jean de Roig, Rops ... Iana, Paris, 1924, illustrated p. 105 ;
Maurice Exsteens, Félicien Rops : Peintre, Bruxelles, 1933, p. 25, n° 91, ill. 23 ;
Robert L. Delevoy, Gilbert Lascault, Jean-Pierre Verheggen, Guy Cuvelier, Félicien Rops, Brussels, 1985, p. 282 n° 211

Condition

- pinholes in the corners, barely visible when framed; - tiny diagonal tear on the left edge, towards the center (approx. 0,5 cm); - minor pin holes on the upper and lower edges ; one minor pin hole in the sky on the left; - small thin scratch in lower right by the corner (visible on photo); - 2 thin horizontal scratches (possibly thin tears) in the sky on the right by the edge, hardly visible; - old horizontal restored scratch (possibly a thin tear) above the house, running through the chimney and going on approx. 5 cm on the right; - vertical restored scratch in the greenery center left, starting from the bottom edge up to the brown house wall; - horizontal scratch restored, in the upper left in the sky (visible on photo); - 2-3 tiny lacunae, hardly visible; - good overall condition, needs a slight cleaning, the photo in the catalogue is not good, colours are warmer in reality.
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