American Art
American Art
Gari Melchers
Sainte Gudule
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gari Melchers
1860 - 1932
Sainte Gudule
signed Gari Melchers. (upper left)
oil and gold leaf on canvas
canvas: 56 ¼ by 28 ¾ inches (142.9 by 73 cm)
framed: 65 ⅜ by 38 ⅜ inches (166 by 97.5 cm)
Painted circa 1897.
The artist
Private collection, Essen, Germany, 1900 (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner
Private collection, Essen, Germany, 1900 (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner
Octave Maus, "Le Salon de Gand: Les peintres étrangers," L'Art Moderne, vol. 19, no. 41, October 8, 1899, p. 355
J. Brenchley, "Gari Melchers and His Work," The Magazine of Art, 1900, p. 148
Diane Lesko and Esther Persson, Gari Melchers, A Retrospective Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1990, pp. 92-93, 95-96, no. 25, illustrated
J. Brenchley, "Gari Melchers and His Work," The Magazine of Art, 1900, p. 148
Diane Lesko and Esther Persson, Gari Melchers, A Retrospective Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1990, pp. 92-93, 95-96, no. 25, illustrated