Lot 3201 - A209 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 21. June 2024, 05.00 PM
HENRI ROUSSEAU "LE DOUANIER"
(Laval 1844–1910 Paris)
Pair of works: Portrait de M. Steven / Portrait de Mme Steven. 1887.
Oil on panel.
The male portrait signed and dated lower right: Henri Rousseau 1887.
Each 17.5 × 16.5 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection of Robert de Rolli, Paris, circa 1962.
- Collection of Mme de Rolli, by descent from the above collection circa 1966.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Exhibited:
- Paris 1928, Portraits de femmes d'Ingres à Picasso, Galerie de la Renaissance, June 1928. (the female portrait)
- Paris 1929, Collection Paul Guillaume, Galerie Bernheim–Jeune, May 1929.
- New York 1931, Henri Rousseau, Marie Harriman Gallery, Jan 1931.
- Basel 1933, Henri Rousseau, Kunsthalle, no. 7.
- Paris 1937, Les maîtres populaires de la réalité, no. 17 and no. 18.
- Paris 1962, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections françaises, Galerie Charpentier, no. 84 and no. 85 (ill.; label verso).
- Tokyo 1966, Henri Rousseau et le Monde de Naïfs, September 1966, no. 2 and no. 3 (label verso).
- Basel 2010, Henri Rousseau, Fondation Beyeler, 7.2.–9.5.2010 (label verso).
Literature:
- Dora Vallier: Tout l'œuvre peint d'Henri Rousseau, Paris 1970, p. 89, no. 3A and 3B (ill.).
- Christian Zervos: Henri Rousseau, Paris 1927, no. 12 and no. 13 (ill.).
- Roch Grey: Henri Rousseau, Paris 1943, no. 20 (ill.).
- Jean Bouret: Henri Rousseau, Neuchâtel 1961, no. 60 (ill.).
- Dora Vallier: Henri Rousseau, Paris 1961, no. 25 and no. 26 (ill.).
CHF 40 000 / 70 000 | (€ 41 240 / 72 160)
Sold for CHF 75 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.