Lot no. 7
Antonin Chittussi - "Sunset in Fontainebleau / Evening around Barbizon"
1879–1880, oil on canvas, 26.5 x 39.5 cm, verso exhibition label S.V.U. Manes in Prague, exhibition stamp, and stamp of a French manufacturer of painted canvases
Provenance:
- collection of Augustin Biener
- significant collection, Prague
Exhibited.
Publicated.
Expertise by the renowned expert, author of the monograph and curator
of the exhibition, Professor Roman Prahl, enclosed. Professor Prahl remarked:
"This is a brilliantly painted study of one of the most important paintings created by Chittussi in the early days of his French sojourn, in a typical locality of the artist's activity at that time. Several years ago, I included this painting in my inventory of the works of Antonin Chittussi.“(Prahl, Chittussi, Prague 2019, catalogue number D 14)
Further consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Modern and contemporary paintings
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