Théo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926), Le Docteur Auguste Weber

Théo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926)
Le Docteur Auguste Weber
signed with the monogram (upper right)
oil on canvas in the artist's original frame
Canvas: 39 3/8 x 32 1/4 in. (100 x 82 cm.)
Artist’s frame: 41 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (104.8 x 85 cm.)
Painted in Dudelange between 1892-1893

Provenance
Dr Auguste Weber, Luxembourg, by whom commissioned from the artist, and thence by descent.
Mme Auguste Collart, Bettembourg.
Jacques Schroeder, Brussels.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel des Ventes d'Enghien, Enghien-les-Bains, 13 April 1986, lot 28.
Clayre & Jay Haft, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 2 July 2008, lot 19.
Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd., London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Literature
Letter from Théo van Rysselberghe to G. Morren, 14 May 1893.
G. van Zype, 'Notice sur Théo van Rysselberghe', in Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, Brussels, 1932, p. 34 (dated '1891').
P. Fierens, Théo van Rysselberghe. Avec une étude de Maurice Denis, Brussels, 1937, p. 16 (dated '1891').
G. Pogu, Théo van Rysselberghe. Sa vie. Premiers éléments, Paris, 1963, p. 17.
R. Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe 1862-1926, Catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 2003, no. 1893-002, p. 297 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Exh. cat., The Neo-Impressionist Portrait 1886-1904, Brussels & Indianapolis, 2014, pl. 55, p. 194 (illustrated p. 195).

Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Théo van Rysselberghe. Exposition d'ensemble, November - December 1927, no. 19.
Luxembourg, Musée national d'Histoire et d'Art, Théo van Rysselberghe 1862-1926, October - November 1962, no. 24.
Ghent, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Théo van Rysselberghe néo-impressionniste, March - June 1993, no. 36, p. 92 (illustrated p. 93; with incorrect dimensions).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Théo van Rysselberghe, February - May 2006, pp. 216 & 257 (illustrated p. 217; with incorrect dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, June - September 2006.
New York, Adam Williams Fine Art, Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd., An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Paintings, January - February 2009, no. 40.