Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Property of a Gentleman
À l'ombre des pins (Agay) or Sous les pins (Agay)
Auction Closed
March 7, 03:05 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
Théo van Rysselberghe
1862 - 1926
À l'ombre des pins (Agay) or Sous les pins (Agay)
signed with the monogram (lower left)
oil on canvas
85.8 by 110.5 cm. 33 ¾ by 39 ½ in.
Framed: 41 ¾ by 51 in. 106.1 by 129.5 cm.
Executed in 1905.
We thank Olivier Bertrand for providing additional information on this painting which will be included in his Théo Van Rysselberghe Catalogue raisonné.
Private Collection, Oslo (acquired in 1916)
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1976, lot 95 (consigned by the above)
Paul Espagne, Belgium (acquired from the above sale)
Private Collection, Belgium
Sotheby's, New York, 17 November 1983, lot 138 (consigned by the above)
Albert Henry, USA (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1989, lot 137(consigned by the above)
Aska International, Japan (acquired from the above sale)
Christie's, London, 9 December 1998, lot 167
Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby’s, London, 27 February 2019, lot 147
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
(possibly) Théo van Rysselberghe, letter to H., Van de Velde, 24 April 1906
Jules-Louis Tellier 'L'Art Contemporain II' in La Fédération Artistique, Bruxelles, April 1909 (titled À l'ombre des pins)
Arnold Goffin, 'La Libre Esthétique. L'évolution du paysage. [Rubric:] Les Salons' in La Belgique Artistique & Littéraire, Bruxelles, XIX, 56, 1910, p. 248 (titled Sous les pins à Agay)
Louis Piérard, 'Les Artistes belges à Venise' in L'Art Moderne, Bruxelles, July 1912, p. 235
Sabine Mund and Henry Bounameaux, 'La cote de l'artiste Théo van Rysselberghe' in Arts Antiques Auctions, June 2001, p. 47, illustrated (titled À l'ombre des pins)
Ronald Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe, 1862-1926, Brussels, 2003, no. 1905-046, p. 187, illustrated in colour
Exh. Cat., Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles and La Haye, Gemeentemuseum, Théo Van Rysselberghe, 2006, p. 67
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Théo van Rysselberghe, 1908, n. 14 (titled À l'ombre des pins)
Anvers, Salon de l'Art Contemporain, 1909, n.n. (titled À l'ombre des pins)
Brussels, Palais du Cinquantenaire, Le Salon de Printemps. XVIme Exposition de la Société Royale des Beaux-Arts, 1909, n. 504 (titled À l'ombre des pins)
Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling van werk van Théo Van Rysselberghe, 1909, n. 25 (titled Onder de pijnboomen (Agay)) illustrated
Utrecht, Vereeniging « voor de kunst », Tentoonstelling van werk van Théo Van Rysselberghe, 1909-10, n. 12 (titled Onder de pijnboomen (Agay))
(possibly) Groningen, Pictura Théo van Rysselberghe, 1910, n. 21, illustrated in the catalogue
Brussels, Musée d’Art Moderne, La Libre Esthétique. L’évolution du paysage,1910, n. 184 (titled Sous les pins, à Agay)
Paris, Galerie Druet, Exposition annuelle, 1er groupe […],1910, n. 29, (titled Sous les pins. (Agay))
Venice, Xa Esposizione internazionale d'Arte, 1912, no. 117 (titled Sotto I pini)
Ghent, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Universelle, 1913, no. 512 (titled Sous les pins)
Paris, Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Le Paysage du Midi, 1914, n. 48 (titled À l'ombre des pins)
Paris, Atelier de Théo Van Rysselberghe, [Exposition personnelle], 1914 (titled Sous les pins (Agay) (avec deux petits nus))
Paris, Manzi et Joyant, 1914 (titled À l’ombre des pins (Agay))
Geneva, 1916 (titled Sous les pins (Agay))
Antwerp, Galerie Campo, Théo van Rysselberghe, 1977, no. 313 (titled À l’ombre des pins)
Lodève, Musée de Lodeve, Théo Van Rysselberghe, l’instant sublime, 2012, no. 22, p. 103, illustrated in colour