Lot Details
Lot 10
Theodore Rousseau French, 1812-1867 Twilight, circa 1850
French, 1812-1867
Twilight, circa 1850
Signed T.H. Rousseau (lr)
Oil on cradled panel
16 7/16 x 24 7/8 inches (41.7 x 63.2 cm)
Provenance:
Collection of Henry Vever
Durand-Ruel, Paris, no. 1508
Collection of Van Praet, Brussels
Collection of Garnier, Paris
Garnier Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 30, 1894, lot 73
Sale of H. S. Henry Collection, American Art Association, New York, January 25, 1907, lot 27
Purchased by J. Montgomery and the Honorable Hugh J. Grant on the above date
Collection of the Honorable Hugh J. Grant, Mayor of New York, 1889-1892
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner
Literature:
Michael Shulman, Theodore Rousseau, Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1999, p. 217, no. 357, illus.
A copy of the original receipt and the original sale catalogue pages from the American Art Association accompany this lot.
The Collection of Hugh J. Grant and Lucie
Additional Notes & Condition Report
*** there are very tiny fissures in the surface of the painting at the far left center. Does not appear to go through to the back of the panel.
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