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LOT 116

CAC RCA
1865 - 1924
Canadian

La plage
oil on canvas, circa 1898 - 1899
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in, 73 x 92.1 cm

Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000 CAD

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Robert Voortman (1877 - 1937), Ghent, Belgium
Madame Jane Lechat (Mrs. Robert Voortman, 1883 - 1978), Ghent, Belgium
Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
By descent to a Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, December 2, 2020, lot 116
Private Collection, Quebec

LITERATURE
Ville de Gand, XXXVIIe Exposition, Salon de 1899, Catalogue des tableaux et objets d'art exposés au Casino, 3e édition, 1899, listed page 19
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts: Catalogue des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, dessin, gravure, architecture, arts décoratifs, Paris, 1899
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris: Catalogue illustré du Salon de 1899, Paris, Ludovic Baschet, 1899, listed page 22
Georges Lecomte, “Les Salons de 1899,” Les Droits de l’Homme (Paris), April 30, 1899, page 2
R.S., “The Paris Salons – II,” St. James Gazette (London), May 12, 1899, page 5
André Fontainas, “Les Salons de 1899,” Mercure de France, June 1899, page 746

EXHIBITED
Galerie des Machines, Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon de 1899, Paris, May 1 - June 30, 1899, catalogue #1080, titled as La plage
Casino, Ghent, Belgium, XXXVIIe Exposition, Salon de 1899 de la Société Royale pour l'encouragement des Beaux-Arts, August 13 - October 8, 1899, catalogue #490, titled as La plage / Het Strand


Literature continued:

Charles C. Hill, Morrice, A Gift to the Nation: The G. Blair Laing Collection, National Gallery of Canada, 1992, the circa 1898 – 1899 oil The Ramparts, St-Malo reproduced page 80



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Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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