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| Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906) Le bouquet oil on canvas 24 X 19.75 in. |
While Sotheby's New York sale of 19th Century European Art goes to auction tomorrow, their London sale of 19th Century European Paintings will not go on the block until later this month. The sale comprises 115 lots, and, as is per usual with these London sales, features artists lesser-known to American audiences, but of great interest to collectors on the European continent. Of particular note are the high number of fine works by Austrian artists.
Sotheby's London is located in the heart of the West End at 34-35 New Bond Street, near the corner of Conduit Street. Previews of the sale are available as per the following schedule:
Friday November 15 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM GMT
Sunday November 17 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT
Monday November 18 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM GMT
Tuesday November 19 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM GMT
Wednesday November 20 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT
The full catalog is also available for online viewing here.
From the Sotheby's website:
Amongst the sale highlights are Joaquín Sorolla’s Playa de Valencia of 1910, a bravura rendition of sunshine and light on the beach in the artist’s home region of Spain, showing the local fishermen bringing in the day’s catch. At the other end of the spectrum but similar in date is Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi’s symphony of stillness and light, Interior with Bust, a new and unrecorded discovery epitomising the artist’s haunting interiors. The sale also features an important collection of Austrian Biedermeier and modern works belonging to collector and art patron Antal Post de Bekessy, which includes masterpieces by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Carl Moll and Tina Blau. Other works by artists from across Europe include a night market by the Belgian chiaroscuro painter Petrus van Schendel and a fascinating evocation of the dawn of the motoring age, The Garage by the Catalan artist Ramón Casas.
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| Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906) La femme en vert dans l'atelier oil on canvas 32.25 X 23.75 in. |
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| Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906) L'emotionnée oil on canvas 28.75 X 21 in. |
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| Raimundo de Madrazo (Spanish, 1841-1920) Aline with Guitar oil on panel 37.75 X 25.25 in. |
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| Vlaho Bukovac (Croatian, 1855-1922) In the Boudoir oil on board 23.25 X 19 in. |
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| Ignacio Zuloaga (Spanish, 1870-1945) The Picador 'El Coriano' oil on canvas 31.5 X 23.75 in. |
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| Ramón Casas (Spanish, 1866-1932) La Cochera oil on canvas 57 X 76 in. |
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| Peder Mønsted (Danish, 1859-1941) Spring Landscape at Søby oil on canvas 27.5 X 39.5 in. |
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| Hugo Darnaut (Austrian, 1850-1937) Winterlandschaft oil on canvasboard 16.5 X 21.5 in. |
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| Luigi Loir (French, 1845-1916) Les bords de la Seine près du Pont de Brecy oil on canvas 14.25 X 28.25 in. |
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| Adelsteen Normann (Norwegian, 1848-1918) A Norwegian Fjord oil on canvas 41.75 X 63 in. |
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| Emil Jacob Schindler (Austrian, 1842-1892) Der Kuss im Wald oil on canvas 38.5 X 29 in. |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) Le matin sous les arbres oil on canvas 22 X 16.5 in. |
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| Antonio Mancini (Italian, 1852-1930) Before the Ball oil on canvas 39.5 X 23.75 in. |
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| Pierre-François Bouchard (French, 1831-1889) La cueilleuse de cerises oil on canvas 45.25 X 29 in. |
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| Franz von Defregger (Austrian, 1835-1921) Ein Junges Mädchen oil on canvas 18 X 13.5 in. |
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| Hugues Merle (French, 1823-1881) A Rare Beauty oil on canvas 21.75 X 18.25 in. |
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| Eugen von Blaas (Austrian, 1843-1931) Eine Venezianerin oil on panel 11 X 9.5 in. |
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| Eugen von Blaas, Eine Venezianerin (detail) |
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| Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928) Dans le Souk. Alger oil on canvas 28.75 X 41.25 in. |
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| Alexander Koester (German, 1864-1932) Sechs Enten oil on canvas 28.5 X 46.5 in. |
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| Frantisek Dvořák (Czech, 1882-1927) The Dancing School, Prague oil on canvas 39 X 48.75 in. |
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| Vilhelm Hamershøi (Danish, 1864-1916) Interior with a Bust oil on canvas 21 X 16.5 in. |
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| Carl Moll (Austrian, 1861-1945) Der Frühstückstisch oil on canvas 23.75 X 23.75 in. |
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| Carl Moll (Austrian, 1861-1945) Dahlien oil on canvas 23.5 X 23.5 in. |