Lot 40
  • 40

Théo van Rysselberghe

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description

  • Théo van Rysselberghe
  • Les Dunes de Zwin, Knokke
  • signed Théo V.Rysselberghe (lower left) and dated 87 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 21 7/8 x 26 3/8 in.

Provenance

Samuel Bing, Paris (1887)
Acquired directly from the above and thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Brussels, Musée moderne, VIme exposition des XX, 1889, no. I
Knokke, Les Peintres du vieux Knokke, 1951
Gand, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rétrospective Théo Van Rysselberghe, 1962, no. 43
Gand, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Het Landschap in de Belgische Kunst, 1830-1914, 1980, no.222, illustrated in the catalogue p. 229
Kamazawa (travelling exhibition in Japan), Le Néo-Impressionnisme, 1984, no. 13
Tokyo, Musée national des Arts occidentaux, Neo-Impressionism, 1985, no. 18
Brussels, CGER (Centre générale d'épargne et de retraite), Les Eaux, 1987
Ostende, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Gand, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Théo Van Rysselberghe : néo-impressionniste, 1993, no.21, illustrated in the catalogue p. 72
Bruges, Fondation Saint-Jean, Du Réalisme au Symbolisme, L'avant-garde belge 1880 - 1900, 1995, no.89, illustrated in the catalogue p. 278

Literature

L'Art Moderne, Brussels, 10th February 1889
G.Van Zype, 'Théo Van Rysselberghe' in Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, Brussels, 1932
L'Echo, 15th September 2000
Ronald Feltkamp, Théo Van Rysselberghe 1862-1926, Brussels, 2003, no. 1887-006, illustrated p. 273

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is some frame abrasion at the extreme edges. There are some tiny fly spots towards the lower right corner. There are two areas of retouching towards the lower right corner with a few further small surrounding spots, a cluster of small spots of retouching to the left part of the see. There are some strokes of retouching towards the lower left corner and a fleck to the sky. The colours are richer than in the catalogue illustration. This work is in good condition.
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