19th-Century European Art
19th-Century European Art
Emile René Ménard
The Pine Grove (La Pineta)
Live auction begins on:
February 5, 07:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Bid
7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Émile René Ménard
French 1862 - 1930
The Pine Grove (La Pineta)
signed lower right: E R Menard.
pastel on canvas
canvas: 41 ½ by 28 ¾ in.; 105.4 by 73 cm
framed: 47 ½ by 34 ½ in.; 120.7 by 87.6 cm
Shipped to the US in 1920 by P. Navez on behalf of the Carnegie Institute for inclusion in a highlighted group of works by Ménard (Carnegie Institute 19th Annual International Exhibition);
By whom sold to Mr and Mrs George Pomeroy Bassett, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1920;
Thence by descent, Virginia and George Pomeroy Bassett, III, New Berlin, New York;
Sold by the above to the father of the present owner (1980s);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
19th Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1920, no. 212.
A Group of Foreign Paintings From the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Chicago 1920, no. 72.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Art, 19th Annual International Exhibition, 1920, no. 212
Art Institute of Chicago, A Group of Foreign Paintings From the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, 27 July-15 September 1920, no. 72 (lent by Mrs. George Pomeroy Bassett, Jr.)