John Russell
1858-1930
IN THE AFTERNOON 1891
Estimate † $200,000 – $300,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE
John Russell
1858-1930
IN THE AFTERNOON 1891
oil on canvas
signed 'J P RUSSELL' lower centre; signed, dated and inscribed 'STUDY IN THE AFTERNOON / J P RUSSELL 91' verso
65 X 65CM
- Lot Sold $580,000 (Hammer Price)
- $707,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, France
Exhibited
1st Winter Exhibition, New English Art Club, Dudley Gallery, London, November 1891, no. 7
Literature
Life, London, 21 December 1891
Cicely Carr, 'A Woman's Diary', Vanity Fair, London, 28 November 1891, pp. 425-426
'The New English Art Club', The Times, London, 30 November 1891, p. 3
The Echo, London, 1 December 1891
Ann Galbally, The Art of John Peter Russell, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1977, pp. 75, 76, 103 (cat. 96)
Ann Galbally, A Remarkable Friendship: Vincent van Gogh and John Peter Russell, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2008, pp. 229, 230
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