Sale 6335
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$10,000 – $15,000
Brame & Lorenceau confirmed the authenticity of this work in 2023, and it is included in their archives of the Artist.
Provenance:
The Artist
Brame & Durand-Ruel, Paris, purchased from the Artist
Charles Blanc
Laurent-Richard
Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 23-25, 1878, Lot 66
Baron de Beurnonville
Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 29, 1880, Lot 49
William Schaus
Sold: Chickering Hall, New York, February 28, 1896, Lot 10 (as Glow after Sundown)
Knoedler Gallery, New York
Anna H. Wilstach, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia
A Private American Collection, purchased c. 1960s-70s
Sold: Christie's, London, December 14, 2023, Lot 48
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited:
Paris, Cercle des Arts, Études peintes par Théodore Rousseau, June 1867, no. 64
Literature:
M. Schulman, Théodore Rousseau: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1999, p. 235, no. 403, illustrated (engraving)
Framed: 16 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; network of hairline craquelures throughout the surface, which appear stable; an approximately 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch area of inpainting is visible under close examination in the upper right of the sky; inpainting also visible along the center left edge under raking light. Under UV light: the aforementioned areas of inpainting fluoresce; small spots of inpainting in the center of the right stand of trees; inpainting in the center of the central tree; additional instances of small spots of inpainting scattered through the foreground, as well as two spots of inpainting along the upper center edge. Additional images available upon request.
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Madalina Lazen
VP Head of Department, Old Masters & 19th Century European Art