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Adolphe Monticelli
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Adolphe Monticelli
- Au bord de la rivière, Marseilles
- Signed Monticelli (lower left)
- Oil on canvas mounted on cradled panel
- 9 3/4 by 9 1/4 in.
- 24.8 by 23.5 cm
Provenance
André Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Acquired from the above on May 12, 1971
Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Acquired from the above on May 12, 1971
Exhibited
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Monticelli et le Baroque provençal, 1953, no. 93 (titled Sous les arbres au bord de l'eau and dated circa 1878)
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art & Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Monticelli, His Contemporaries, His Influence, 1978-79, no. 76, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Marseille, Centre de la Vielle Charité, Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), 1986-87, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Huntington, Heckscher Museum; Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery & Memphis, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Illuminations: Images of Landscape in France 1855-1885, 1990, no. 52, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art & Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Monticelli, His Contemporaries, His Influence, 1978-79, no. 76, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Marseille, Centre de la Vielle Charité, Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), 1986-87, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Huntington, Heckscher Museum; Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery & Memphis, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Illuminations: Images of Landscape in France 1855-1885, 1990, no. 52, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Literature
Aaron Sheon, "Monticelli and Van Gogh," in Apollo, LXXXV, no. 64, June 1967, fig. 8, illustrated p. 448
Aaron Sheon, "Adolphe Monticelli: Some people thought him mad," in Art News, LXXVII, no. 10, December 1978, illustrated in color p. 100
Tableau, Summer 1979, illustrated in color
Aaron Sheon, "Adolphe Monticelli: Some people thought him mad," in Art News, LXXVII, no. 10, December 1978, illustrated in color p. 100
Tableau, Summer 1979, illustrated in color
Condition
Panel is sound. Small areas of repair visible at all four corners. Very rich and textured impasto is well preserved. Under UV light: many original pigments as well as areas of unenven varnish fluoresce, but no inpainting is apparent. Work is in good condition.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Fig. 1 Glenn Brown, Secondary modern, oil on canvas laid on panel, 1998, sold: Sotheby's, London, June 29, 2011, lot 37 for $966,173