Auction on
19 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) -
Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
In 1881, Gustave Caillebotte created a garden on his estate in Petit-Gennevilliers. As this oil on canvas offered at Drouot, the flowers and vegetable garden became the subjects of his paintings.
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), "Massif de jacinthes, jardin du Petit-Gennevilliers" ("Bed of Hyacinths, Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers"), oil on canvas, 63 x 73 cm. Estimate: €400,000/600,000
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), "Massif de jacinthes, jardin du Petit-Gennevilliers" ("Bed of Hyacinths, Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers"), oil on canvas, 63 x 73 cm. Estimate: €400,000/600,000
Hyacinths perfume the spring air, mostly grouped together in round flower beds where purplish and Delft blues, pinks and whites harmoniously mingle. They were a familiar sight to Caillebotte, who spent his holidays on the family estate in Yerres. His brother Martial sold this painting to Ambroise…
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