Beschreibung:

Details
GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
Les Jardiniers
oil on canvas
35 1/4 x 45 7/8 in. (89.6 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in Yerres circa 1877
Provenance
Jean Baptiste Matthieu Daurelle, Paris (by 1893, then by descent).
Galerie Brame et Lorenceau, Paris (acquired from the above, 1994).
Jean-Paul Guerlain, France (acquired from the above, 1995).
Private collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the above).
Waring Hopkins, Paris.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 2001).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 8 May 2002.
Literature
P. Wittmer, Caillebotte au jardin: La période d'Yerres, 1860-1879, Saint-Remy-en-L'Eau, 1990, pp. 70, 77 and 133-135, no. 12 (details illustrated in color, pp. 122-123 and 135; titled Yerres, au jardin potager: Jardiniers distribuant l'eau aux plantes and dated circa 1876-1877).
M. Berhaut and S. Pietri, Gustave Caillebotte Catalogue raisonné des peintures et pastels, Paris, 1994, p. 102, no. 80 (illustrated).
F. Friedrich and S. Wuhrmann, Caillebotte: Au cœur de l'impressionnisme, exh. cat., Foundation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 2005, pp. 63-64 (illustrated, p. 64, fig. 1).
K. Sagner, Gustave Caillebotte Neue Perspektiven des Impressionismus, Munich, 2009, p. 149, no. 78 (illustrated in color; dated 1875-1877).
(possibly) C.A.P. Willsdon, Impressionist Gardens, London, 2010, pp. 91-92 (titled Yerres, in the Kitchen Garden, Gardeners Water Plants and dated before 1879).
M. Bocquillon et al., Caillebotte: Peintre et jardinier, exh. cat., Musée des impressionnistes, Giverny, 2016, pp. 22-23 (illustrated in color, p. 23, fig. 4).
M. Marrinan, Gustave Caillebotte Painting the Paris of Naturalism, 1872-1887, 2016, Los Angeles, pp. 153-154 (illustrated in color, p. 153, fig. 67; dated circa 1876).
Exhibited
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais; The Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gustave Caillebotte September 1994-September 1995, p. 112, no. 20 (illustrated in color, p. 113; dated circa 1875-1877).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Post Lot Text
The Comité Caillebotte has confirmed the authenticity of this work.