Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) - Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers

Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers

oil on canvas 1892
55.2 cms x 46.3 cms (21.75 ins x 18.25 ins)
Signed and on verso titled iris bleu and iris on the e.j. van wisselingh & co. labels with inventory #8248 and #s 8602 and inscribed d864 on the stretcher
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "November Live Auction 2016, Toronto Live auction" held on Wed, Nov 23, 2016.
Lot 088
Estimate: CAD $600,000 - $800,000
Realised: CAD $678,500

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

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
Notes:
Caillebotte was recently honoured with an important exhibition at the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers by artist Gustave Caillebotte