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Lot 101 Dα

Albert Charles Lebourg - Le Jardin du Docteur Viau

Auction 1224 - overview Cologne
07.06.2023, 11:00 - Day Sale - Modern Art
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €

Albert Charles Lebourg

Le Jardin du Docteur Viau
1906

Oil on canvas. 73 x 98 cm. Framed. Signed 'C. Lebourg.' in green lower right. - In good condition.

George Viau (1855 - 1939), whose garden the present work depicts, was one of France's leading dentists and an important art collector. From about 1890 onwards, he built up a private collection that included high-quality works by almost all the renowned French artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Viau also maintained personal contacts with numerous artists of his time, in addition to Albert Lebourg, these included Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet.

Certificate

With a certificate by Neue Galerie Richard, Zurich, dated 5 May 1990 (as a copy).

Provenance

Collection George Viau, Paris; Neue Galerie Richard, Zurich; Private collection, South Germany