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Theodore Earl Butler
Au Jardin (In the Garden)
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March 17, 04:03 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Theodore Earl Butler
1860 - 1936
Au Jardin (In the Garden)
signed T.E. Butler and dated 1911 (lower right)
oil on canvas
25¾ by 32 in.
65.4 by 81.3 cm.
Executed in 1911.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Theodore Earl Butler’s work being compiled by Patrick Bertrand.
Slatkin Galleries, New York (acquired by 1961)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above circa 1963)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
(possibly) Paris, Grand Palais, Salon d'Automne, 1 October 1911, no. 230
New York, The American Federation of Arts, Monet and the Giverny Group, 1961-1962, no. 61-10, no. 5, illustrated
The present work depicts a quaint and picturesque day in Claude Monet's garden. Painted in the spring of 1911, the sitters include Marthe Hoschedé -Butler, the artist’s wife and step-daughter to Claude Monet, who is joined by Lily Butler, the artist’s daughter, and Sissy Hoschedé, the artist's niece.
Claude Monet's house is located behind them, hidden by two trees that flank the foreground. The treatment of dappled sun and shadows across the composition show the influence Claude Monet had on Butler and emulate Monet’s powerful water lilies series from the preceding decade.