1848 - 1894
French
Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers
oil on canvas, 1892
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in, 55.2 x 46.3 cm
Estimate: $600,000 - $800,000 CAD
Sold for: $678,500
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PROVENANCE
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
E.J. Van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam
André Maurice, Paris
By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
LITERATURE
La Vie Parisienne, December 31, 1881
Le Journal, November 25, 1893
La Revue du Nord, July 1894
Marie Berhaut, Gustave Caillebotte: Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Wildenstein Institute, 1978, reproduced page 224, catalogue #424
Marie Berhaut, Gustave Caillebotte: Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Wildenstein Institute, 1994, reproduced page 237, catalogue #447
Anne Distel et al., editors, Gustave Caillebotte: The Unknown Impressionist, Royal Academy of Arts, 1996, pages 211 and 212
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Caillebotte was recently honoured with an important exhibition at the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny.
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Estimate: $600,000 - $800,000 CAD
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