Lesende

c. 1900/1910

on display

Armand Guillaumin1841 Paris – 1927 Orly

The painter, whose work consists primarily of landscapes, devoted himself to the subject of a reading woman several times in the course of his life. The Zurich artwork was probably painted at the beginning of the 20th century.
Not listed in G. Serret/D. Fabiani: Armand Guillaumin 1841-1927. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint (Paris 1971).In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Also known as

Reading Woman

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 55 x 46 cm

Inventory number

1299

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Ottilie W. Roederstein, 1920

Signature

inscr. b. l.: a.G.

Inscriptions

Accession year

1920

Provenance

Armand Guillaumin (*1841 Paris, +1927 Orly) (Künstler/-in)
[Verbleib unbekannt?]
o.D. – 1920, Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein (*1859 Zürich, +1937 Hofheim am Taunus) (Sammler/-in)
ab 1920, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Geschenk

About the provenance

State of research 08.05.2025 Do you have questions, criticism, suggestions, and further information? Please send us a message to provenienzforschung(at)kunsthaus.ch.

Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 240.

Object type

painting

Classification

C 1[2] painting 19th century FRA

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