European and British Art, Part II
European and British Art, Part II
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Adolphe Monticelli
Vase de fleurs
Lot Closed
July 13, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
26,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Adolphe Monticelli
French
1824 - 1886
Vase de fleurs
signed Monticelli lower left
oil on panel
Unframed: 67.3 by 47.3cm., 26½ by 18½in.
Framed: 88.5 by 67.5cm., 34¾ by 26½in.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Marc Stammegna on the basis of photographs. A certificate can be supplied for a fee. Please contact the department for further details.
Dr Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Dr Arthur Hahnloser, Winterthur (acquired from the above in 1926; thence by descent; sale: Christie's, London, 21 March 1983, lot 6)
Purchased at the above sale by the family of the present owner
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Dr Arthur Hahnloser, Winterthur (acquired from the above in 1926; thence by descent; sale: Christie's, London, 21 March 1983, lot 6)
Purchased at the above sale by the family of the present owner
Dr. H. Wüst, 'The collection of Dr. A. Hahnloser-Bühler in Winterthur', Zürcher Monats-Chronik, 1937, no. 8/9, p. 8, illustrated
Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Exposition de l'art français en Suisse, 1938, no. 67
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, Sammlung Dr Arthur Hahnloser, 1940, no. 78
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, Sammlung Dr Arthur Hahnloser, 1940, no. 78
The present work was painted circa 1878-81. According to the Lucerne exhibition catalogue van Gogh particularly admired this picture when it was in collection of Paul Gachet. Van Gogh was cared for by Gachet at his home following a period in an asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and in the final months of his life.