Théo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926): 'Maud assise', huile sur toile, daté 1916

Work: 52,5 x 38 cm

Frame: 75,5 x 62 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The frame generally in good and stable condition. Typical minor superficial wear. Small losses to the gilded stucco to the lower left and right corner. A stain to the tissue in the lower left corner from viewer's perspective.
- The work in very good condition. Appearing somewhat retouched along the left edge from viewer's perspective, possibly after completion of the work, in order to fit into an existing frame. A small superficial scratch, hardly worth mentioning, in the upper right corner, some ten cm down from the top and ca. five cm towards the center from the right edge. Possibly with a small retouched spot to the lower right corner (see UV-photograph). The work relined.

Maud is one of Théo van Rysselberghe's favourite models in the early 20th C. She appears on several of his works in the years running up to 1916, for example:

1914: Modèle au repos (Maud), Sotheby's, New York, 08/05/2008, lot 207. (see images 8 and 9)

1915: 'Maud debout', Rossini, Paris, 09/04/2014, lot 112. (see images 10 and 11)

1916: 'Nu assis' (Maud), Sotheby's, New York, 03/11/2011, lot 380. (see images 12 and 13)

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Hilton Luria, New Jersey, USA.

- Ex-collection Redfern Gallery, London, UK.

- Sotheby's, New York, 26 February 1990, lot 63.

- Ex-collection Lewis Townsend, USA.

- Doyle, New York, 21 May 2002, lot 151.

- Ex-collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The philanthropist Sidney Rothberg (1924-2008) was a passionate fine art collector, acquiring a diverse and expansive collection. Aside from blue-chip artists such as Renoir, Soutine or Diebenkorn, Mr. Rothberg also championed emerging talents at the time, specifically women artists. He bought a number of their works at a time when such names were not as actively sought after as they are today on the art market. Among them are Louise Nevelson, Louise Bourgeois, Alice Baber, Dorothea Tanning, Alice Helicka (link). 

- Private collection, Belgium.