Lot Essay
The Comité Caillebotte has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
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Lièvre
Details
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
Lièvre
signed 'G.Caillebotte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 x 13¾ in. (89 x 35 cm.)
Painted in Paris in 1882
Lièvre
signed 'G.Caillebotte' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 x 13¾ in. (89 x 35 cm.)
Painted in Paris in 1882
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
André Maurice, Paris, by 1960.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 23 June 1961, lot 103.
Oscar Ghez, Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Foundation Oscar Ghez, Geneva.
Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 June 1997, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
André Maurice, Paris, by 1960.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 23 June 1961, lot 103.
Oscar Ghez, Geneva, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Foundation Oscar Ghez, Geneva.
Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 June 1997, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Daulte, O. Ghez & E. Gibaudo, L'aube de XXe siècle de Renoir à Chagall, Geneva, 1968, no. 16, p. 15.
M. Berhaut, Caillebotte, Sa vie et son oeuvre, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, no. 215 (illustrated p. 154). Musée du Petit Palais (ed.), 629 oeuvres de Renoir à Picasso, Geneva, 1981, no. 90.
Musée du Petit Palais, L'Extraordinaire aventure de l'aube du XXe siècle, 1982, no. 16, p. 32.
M. Berhaut, Gustave Caillebotte, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, no. 250 (illustrated p. 167).
J.J. Lévêque, Gustave Caillebotte, Paris, 1994, p. 106.
M. Berhaut, Caillebotte, Sa vie et son oeuvre, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1978, no. 215 (illustrated p. 154). Musée du Petit Palais (ed.), 629 oeuvres de Renoir à Picasso, Geneva, 1981, no. 90.
Musée du Petit Palais, L'Extraordinaire aventure de l'aube du XXe siècle, 1982, no. 16, p. 32.
M. Berhaut, Gustave Caillebotte, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, no. 250 (illustrated p. 167).
J.J. Lévêque, Gustave Caillebotte, Paris, 1994, p. 106.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition rétrospective d'oeuvres de Gustave Caillebotte, June 1894, no. 53, p. 5.
Musée Château d'Annecy, Maîtres connus et méconnus, de Montmartre à Montparnasse, June - September 1964, no. 3 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 16).
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, Centenaire de l'Impressionisme et hommage à Guillaumin, 1974, no. 9 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 12, dated 1885).
Toulon, Musée d'Art, 1888-1988, Le Musée à cent ans, December 1988 - June 1989 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 374 and again in colour p. 359).
Salzburg, Rupertinum, Impressionismus und Postimpressionismus, Eine Auswahl von Meisterwerken aus dem Petit Palais Genf, 1989, p. 35 (illustrated fig. 19).
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Bildwelten des Impressionismus-Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung des Petit Palais in Genf, June - September 1994, p. 28 (illustrated p. 29).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Gustave Caillebotte, The Unknown Impressionist, March - June 1996, no. 37 (illustrated p. 159).
Honfleur, Musée Eugène Boudin, Images de la vie silencieuse - la nature morte au XIXe siècle, July - October 1996, no. 18, p. 51 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 18).
Musée Château d'Annecy, Maîtres connus et méconnus, de Montmartre à Montparnasse, June - September 1964, no. 3 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 16).
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, Centenaire de l'Impressionisme et hommage à Guillaumin, 1974, no. 9 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 12, dated 1885).
Toulon, Musée d'Art, 1888-1988, Le Musée à cent ans, December 1988 - June 1989 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 374 and again in colour p. 359).
Salzburg, Rupertinum, Impressionismus und Postimpressionismus, Eine Auswahl von Meisterwerken aus dem Petit Palais Genf, 1989, p. 35 (illustrated fig. 19).
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Bildwelten des Impressionismus-Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung des Petit Palais in Genf, June - September 1994, p. 28 (illustrated p. 29).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Gustave Caillebotte, The Unknown Impressionist, March - June 1996, no. 37 (illustrated p. 159).
Honfleur, Musée Eugène Boudin, Images de la vie silencieuse - la nature morte au XIXe siècle, July - October 1996, no. 18, p. 51 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 18).
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