European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

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Property from a Private Manhattan Collection

ALFRED STEVENS | MONTE CARLO

Auction Closed

October 22, 05:21 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Manhattan Collection

ALFRED STEVENS

Belgian

1823 - 1906

MONTE CARLO


signed AS and inscribed Monte Carlo (lower left) 

oil on canvas 

9½ by 12 in.

24.1 by 30.5 cm


We would like to thank the Comité Alfred Stevens for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work, which will be included in their catalogue raisonné now in preparation. 

Anthony Roux, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1893, and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 19-20, 1914, lot 47, as Cap Martin, près Monte-Carlo

Hector Brame (and sold, his sale, May 22, 1914) 

Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 6-7, 1920, lot 118, as Le Cap Martin, près Monte-Carlo

Baron Jean de Bethmann 

Private Collection, United States (probably acquired in France in the early 20th century)

Thence by descent

Alfred Stevens journeyed to Monte Carlo in January 1893 for the opening of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Monaco, and in a series of intimate compositions such as the present work he recorded with impressionistic subtlety the shifting colors of the Mediterranean.