Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock
Alfred Stevens
Promenade au Bord de la Mer
Auction Closed
June 2, 05:22 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of David H. Murdock
Alfred Stevens
Brussels 1823 – 1906 Paris
Promenade au Bord de la Mer
signed lower left: AStevens.
oil on canvas
canvas: 29 ¼ by 24 ¼ in.; 74.3 by 61.6
framed: 35 ¾ by 31 ¾ in.; 90.8 by 80.6 cm
Executed in 1883.
We are grateful to the Comité Alfred Stevens for confirming the authenticity of this work, which will be included in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
Private collection;
Sotheby’s, London, 26 November 1980, lot 82;
With Whitford and Hughes Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale);
Private collection, New York (by 1981);
Acquired from the above, 1 August 1985;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
New York, Stair’s Incurable Collector, The Belle Époque: Fashionable Life in Paris, London and New York 1870-1914, 1981.
The artist's account book, 1883, no. 424;
The Belle Époque: Fashionable Life in Paris, London and New York 1870-1914, exhibition catalogue, New York 1981, p. 28, reproduced in color.