Lot 155
  • 155

JOHAN-BARTHOLD JONGKIND | Mill near Rotterdam

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Johan-Barthold Jongkind
  • Mill near Rotterdam
  • Bears lower left the posthumous sale stamp (L.1401) ; situated and dated lower left Rotterdam 19 oct. 66
  • Watercolour and black pencil on paper
  • 17 x 27,5 cm ; 6 9/13 by 10 5/6 in.

Provenance

The artist's posthumous sale, Paris December 7th-8th, 1891

Exhibited

Jongkind, Galerie Schmidt, Paris, May-June 1966, n°87

Condition

The drawing is slightly heightened with white gouache. One foxing visible on the upper left and some tiny foxings scattered. One tiny lack barely visible on the lower right. The colours are fresh and the painting is in very good overall condition.
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Catalogue Note

The Gallery Brame and Lorenceau, and Janine Sinizergues confirmed the authenticity of this work which is now registered in their archives on the artist.