Étude de cheval brun
64.8 cms x 81.3 cms (25.5 ins x 32 ins)
Signed and on verso stamped on the wax seal vente rosa bonheur, 1900
made in 1900
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "International Art (5th session)" held on Thu, Apr 25, 2024.
Lot 404
Lot 404
Estimate: CAD $8,000 - $12,000
Realised: CAD $21,250
Realised: CAD $21,250
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Collection of Gordon Cameron Edwards (1866 - 1946) Lumber Merchant and M.P., (owner of 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa prior to its expropriation)
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ottawa
Exhibitions:
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Vente Rosa Bonheur, May - June, 1900, catalogue #82
Notes:
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822 – 1899) was a well-known French painter and sculptor who is admired for the accuracy of her portrayals of animals. She initially studied horses on farms, horse fairs, and even slaughterhouses, gaining a deep knowledge of their anatomies. When sketching in public places she took to wearing the clothing of a paysan to avoid the disparaging looks she would have received if dressed as a lady; she continued to dress in male clothing for the rest of her life, even obtaining police authorization to do so. Her paintings sold so well that in 1860 she was able to buy a château and estate on which she kept many different animals to sketch - including, remarkably, lions. Her work was popular both in Europe and the United States, and she is represented in many important collections - including "The Horse Fair" from 1852-55, bought by Cornelius Vanderbilt for a record sum, and now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
In May and June 1900, a posthumous sale of her work was held in Paris. This work was included in the catalogue as number 82, and was described as:
Étude de cheval brun
Attaché à un poteau, dans la clairière, il est vu de trois quarts à gauche et de dos, la tête tournée de profil à gauche.
(Study of a brown horse: Attached to a post, in a clearing; three quarters to the left, back view; the head in left profile.)
Collection of Gordon Cameron Edwards (1866 - 1946) Lumber Merchant and M.P., (owner of 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa prior to its expropriation)
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ottawa
Exhibitions:
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Vente Rosa Bonheur, May - June, 1900, catalogue #82
Notes:
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822 – 1899) was a well-known French painter and sculptor who is admired for the accuracy of her portrayals of animals. She initially studied horses on farms, horse fairs, and even slaughterhouses, gaining a deep knowledge of their anatomies. When sketching in public places she took to wearing the clothing of a paysan to avoid the disparaging looks she would have received if dressed as a lady; she continued to dress in male clothing for the rest of her life, even obtaining police authorization to do so. Her paintings sold so well that in 1860 she was able to buy a château and estate on which she kept many different animals to sketch - including, remarkably, lions. Her work was popular both in Europe and the United States, and she is represented in many important collections - including "The Horse Fair" from 1852-55, bought by Cornelius Vanderbilt for a record sum, and now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
In May and June 1900, a posthumous sale of her work was held in Paris. This work was included in the catalogue as number 82, and was described as:
Étude de cheval brun
Attaché à un poteau, dans la clairière, il est vu de trois quarts à gauche et de dos, la tête tournée de profil à gauche.
(Study of a brown horse: Attached to a post, in a clearing; three quarters to the left, back view; the head in left profile.)
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.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.