Lot 153
  • 153

JOHAN BARTHOLD JONGKIND | Bords de Seine, Paris

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Attributed to Johan Barthold Jongkind
  • Bords de Seine, Paris
  • Signed Jongkind and dated 1851 (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 13 7/8 by 21 1/2 in.
  • 35.2 by 54.6 cm
  • Painted in 1851.

Provenance

Carl Irion, Paris (and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 16, 1934, lot 9)
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 22, 1966, lot 52)
Sale: Palais Galliera, Paris, March 9, 1967, lot 43
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 20, 1980, lot 136
Galerie Matignon Saint-Honoré, Paris
Acquired from the above on October 6, 1980

Literature

Adolphe Stein, Sylvie Brame, François Lorenceau & Janine Sinizerques, Jongkind, Catalogue critique de l'oeuvre, Paris, 2003, no. 84, illustrated p. 88 

Condition

The canvas is lined. The surface is slightly dirty. There is some extremely fine lines of craquelure scattered throughout the sky. Under UV inspection, there are scattered strokes of inpainting in the sky directly above the architecture and along the bottom edge. The work is in good condition.
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