Lot 25
  • 25

Alfred Stevens

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alfred Stevens
  • La Dame en bleu
  • signed with the artist's monogram AS (upper right)
  • oil on panel
  • 13 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 35 by 26.7 cm

Provenance

Charles Everard, London (acquired directly from the artist, 1876)
Georges Weber (and sold, his sale, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, December 8, 1924, lot 97)
Charles Franck, Antwerp (in 1928 and 1937)
Sale: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, October 29, 1968, lot 49
Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Brussels, Musée d’Art Moderne, Alfred et Joseph Stevens, 1928. no. 137
Antwerp, Hôtel de ville, no. 168

Literature

The artist's account book, 1876, no. 233
Gustave Van Zype, Les frères Stevens, Brussels, 1936, p. 105, no. 137 

Condition

Stable panel. Under UV: No inpainting apparent.
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