Lot Essay
We are grateful to Marc Stammegna for confirming the authenticity of this lot.
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Fishermen lifting the nets before the storm
Details
ADOLPHE MONTICELLI (MARSEILLE, 1824-1886)
Fishermen lifting the nets before the storm
signed 'A Monticelli' (lower left)
oil on panel
17 x 25 in. (43 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1878.
Fishermen lifting the nets before the storm
signed 'A Monticelli' (lower left)
oil on panel
17 x 25 in. (43 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1878.
Provenance
Sir Leicester Harmsworth, London.
Henry Golwynne, New York.
His estate sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 6 February 1957, lot 55.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired at the above sale and given in 1966 to The Trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1966.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 158, where acquired by the present owner.
Henry Golwynne, New York.
His estate sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 6 February 1957, lot 55.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired at the above sale and given in 1966 to The Trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1966.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 158, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
S. Stammegna, Catalogue des oeuvres de Monticelli, Marseille, 1987, vol. II, no. 963, illustrated.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Monticelli, His Contemporaries, His Influence, October 1978-September 1979, no 48, this exhibition then travelled to Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; and Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Vincent Van Gogh Museum.
Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orientalistes Provençaux, October-December 1982, no 216.
Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), October 1986-January 1987.
Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orientalistes Provençaux, October-December 1982, no 216.
Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), October 1986-January 1987.
Brought to you by
Alastair Plumb
Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art