Emile René Ménard
The Pine Grove (La Pineta)
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February 5, 09:31 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Émile René Ménard
French 1862 - 1930
The Pine Grove (La Pineta)
signed lower right: E R Menard.
pastel on canvas
canvas: 41 ½ by 28 ¾ in.; 105.4 by 73 cm
framed: 47 ½ by 34 ½ in.; 120.7 by 87.6 cm
Shipped to the US in 1920 by P. Navez on behalf of the Carnegie Institute for inclusion in a highlighted group of works by Ménard (Carnegie Institute 19th Annual International Exhibition);
By whom sold to Mr and Mrs George Pomeroy Bassett, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1920;
Thence by descent, Virginia and George Pomeroy Bassett, III, New Berlin, New York;
Sold by the above to the father of the present owner (1980s);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Art, 19th Annual International Exhibition, 1920, no. 212
Art Institute of Chicago, A Group of Foreign Paintings From the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, 27 July-15 September 1920, no. 72 (lent by Mrs. George Pomeroy Bassett, Jr.)
19th Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1920, no. 212.
A Group of Foreign Paintings From the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Chicago 1920, no. 72.