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ALFRED STEVENS | Les Quatre Saisons: Le Printemps, L'Été, L'Automne, L'Hiver
Albert (1872) Stevens

Lot 32: ALFRED STEVENS | Les Quatre Saisons: Le Printemps, L'Été, L'Automne, L'Hiver

Est: $300,000 USD - $500,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USNovember 03, 2015

Item Overview

Description

each: oil on canvas laid down on an arched panel

Dimensions

the first and third 31 1/2 by 9 1/4 in. (80 by 23.5 cm); the second and fourth 30 1/4 by 9 1/4 (77 by 23.5 cm) (framed as a rectangle)

Artist or Maker

Albert (1872) Stevens

Medium

each: oil on canvas laid down on an arched panel 

Condition Report

This set of four picture is in beautiful condition. The canvases are mounted onto old panels and it could be that this mounting is original. The paint layers are stable. The panels are flat. The paintings have been recently cleaned. There is no damage to any of the pictures. There are very tiny retouches mainly around the edges. The works should be hung in their current condition.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

Exhibited

Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition de l'oeuvre d'Alfred Stevens, February 6-27, 1900, nos. 149-152 (lent by Louis Sarlin)
Exposition de la collection de feu Monsieur Sarlin au profit de l'Association générale des mutilés de la guerre (no date or location listed, probably Galerie Georges Petit, 1918), nos. 65-69

Literature

Camille Lemonnier, "Alfred Stevens et les quatre saisons,"1877
Camille Lemonnier, Les Peintres de la vie, 2nd ed., 1888, p. 145
Robert de Montesquiou, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1900, p. 112
François Monod, Un peintre des femmes du second empire Alfred Stevens, 1909, p. 13
"La Collection de feu M. Louis Sarlin," L'opinion, vol. II, 1918, p. 160
William A. Coles, Alfred Stevens, exh. cat., The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, September 10, 1977-March 19, 1978, p. 63
Sarah Lees, ed., Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2012, p. 768 

Provenance

Louis Sarlin (and sold, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, March 2, 1918, lots 64-67, sold outside of the auction together with the entire contents of the sale to Herman Heilbuth, Copenhagen)
Private Collection, Sweden (by 1935)
Thence by descent

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Auction Details

19th Century European Art

by
Sotheby's
November 03, 2015, 10:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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Terms

Live bidding may start higher or lower

Buyer's Premium

$1 - 200,000:30.0%
$200,001 - 3,000,000:25.0%
$3,000,001+:17.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$999$50
$1,000$1,999$100
$2,000$2,999$200
$3,000$3,199$200
$3,200$3,799$300
$3,800$4,199$200
$4,200$4,799$300
$4,800$4,999$200
$5,000$9,999$500
$10,000$19,999$1,000
$20,000$29,999$2,000
$30,000$31,999$2,000
$32,000$37,999$3,000
$38,000$41,999$2,000
$42,000$47,999$3,000
$48,000$49,999$2,000
$50,000$99,999$5,000
$100,000$199,999$10,000
$200,000$299,999$20,000
$300,000$319,999$20,000
$320,000$379,999$30,000
$380,000$419,999$20,000
$420,000$479,999$30,000
$480,000$499,999$20,000
$500,000$999,999$50,000
$1,000,000$1,999,999$100,000
$2,000,000$2,999,999$200,000
$3,000,000$3,199,999$200,000
$3,200,000$3,799,999$300,000
$3,800,000$4,199,999$200,000
$4,200,000$4,799,999$300,000
$4,800,000$4,999,999$200,000
$5,000,000$9,999,999$500,000
$10,000,000+$1,000,000

CONDITIONS OF SALE

SHIPPING SERVICES

Once your payment has been received and cleared, property may be released. Unless otherwise agreed by Sotheby's, all purchases must be removed by the 30th calendar day following a sale.

Shipping Services
Sotheby's offers a comprehensive shipping service to meet all of your requirements. If you received a shipping quotation or have any questions about the services we offer please contact us.

Collecting your Property
As a courtesy to purchasers who come to Sotheby's to collect property, Sotheby's will assist in the packing of lots, although Sotheby's may, in the case of fragile articles, choose not to pack or otherwise handle a purchase.

If you are using your own shipper to collect property from Sotheby's, please provide a letter of authorization and kindly instruct your shipper that they must provide a Bill of Lading prior to collection. Both documents must be sent to Post Sale Services prior to collection.

The Bill of Lading must include: the purchaser's full name, the full delivery address including the street name and number, city and state or city and country, the sale and lot number.

Sotheby's will contact your shipper within 24 hours of receipt of the Bill of Lading to confirm the date and time that your property can be collected. Property will not be released with out this confirmation and your shipper must bring the same Bill of Lading that was faxed to Sotheby's when collecting. All property releases are subject to the receipt of cleared funds.

Please see the Conditions of Sale for further details.
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