European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Property from a Private Manhattan Collection
Auction Closed
October 22, 05:21 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Manhattan Collection
ALFRED STEVENS
Belgian
1823 - 1906
MONTE CARLO
signed AS and inscribed Monte Carlo (lower left)
oil on canvas
9½ by 12 in.
24.1 by 30.5 cm
We would like to thank the Comité Alfred Stevens for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work, which will be included in their catalogue raisonné now in preparation.
Anthony Roux, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1893, and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 19-20, 1914, lot 47, as Cap Martin, près Monte-Carlo)
Hector Brame (and sold, his sale, May 22, 1914)
Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 6-7, 1920, lot 118, as Le Cap Martin, près Monte-Carlo)
Baron Jean de Bethmann
Private Collection, United States (probably acquired in France in the early 20th century)
Thence by descent
Alfred Stevens journeyed to Monte Carlo in January 1893 for the opening of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Monaco, and in a series of intimate compositions such as the present work he recorded with impressionistic subtlety the shifting colors of the Mediterranean.