Lot Essay
This work is a study for the larger work Fiesole, painted in 1953.
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Paysage (Paysage, Ménerbes)
Details
Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955)
Paysage (Paysage, Ménerbes)
stamped with the artist's signature 'Staël' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
5½ x 8 7/8in. (14 x 22cm.)
Painted in 1953
Paysage (Paysage, Ménerbes)
stamped with the artist's signature 'Staël' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
5½ x 8 7/8in. (14 x 22cm.)
Painted in 1953
Provenance
Douglas Cooper, Argilliers.
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris (1983).
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Searle, Illinois.
Their sale, Christie's New York, 10 May 1989, lot 24.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1992.
Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris (1983).
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Searle, Illinois.
Their sale, Christie's New York, 10 May 1989, lot 24.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1992.
Literature
J. Dubourg and F. de Staël, Nicolas de Staël: Catalogue raisonné des Peintures, Paris 1968, no. 649 (illustrated, p. 274).
J. Dubourg & F. de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchâtel 1997, no. 619 (illustrated, p. 434).
J. Dubourg & F. de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchâtel 1997, no. 619 (illustrated, p. 434).
Exhibited
Arles, Musée Réattu, Nicolas de Staël, June-September 1958, no. 52, pl. 12 (illustrated).
Geneva, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Staël, Priorité peinture, May-July 1992.
Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Hommage à Nicolas de Staël, September-October 1992.
Geneva, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Staël, Priorité peinture, May-July 1992.
Paris, Galerie Daniel Malingue, Hommage à Nicolas de Staël, September-October 1992.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium