Denise Maréchal

c. 1894

Théo van Rysselberghe

Associated Names
Théo van Rysselberghe

Painter, Belgian, 1862 - 1926

This painting depicts the upper body of a young person in profile, facing left. The person has pale skin, a long nose, thin pink lips, pale eyebrows, and green-brown eyes surrounded by pale purple lids. The individual has long, wavy hair that curls around their shoulders in a mix of brown, yellow, green, and dark blue shades, with shadows of purple and rusty red. They wear a dark green garment with a white and light blue collar. The paint has been applied in small, overlapping oval dots of different colors. The background is a mix of dark purple and blue, with highlights in a light orange color and hot pink near the bottom left corner. Two vertical tan and blue lines run down behind the person's head, suggesting paneling.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.2 × 26.7 cm (14 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
    framed: 52.86 × 43.82 × 2.54 cm (20 13/16 × 17 1/4 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.118.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift from the artist to the sitter's grandmother (the artist's mother-in-law), Sylvie-Marie-Thérèse Monnom-Descamps [1836-1921], Brussels;[1] gift to her granddaughter, the sitter, Mme Georges Béart [1883-1956, née Denise Maréchal], Rixensart, Belgium; gift to Raymond [d. 1998] and Manette (Maria) [d. 1991] Counard-Cuypers, Rixensart; gift to the Stofkooper collection, Brussels; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2015, no. 507); (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased November 2019 by NGA.
[1] This provenance comes from the catalogue of the 2015 Sotheby's sale and the prospectus provided by Jill Newhouse.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1927

  • Théo van Rysselberghe: exposition d'ensemble, Galerie Giroux, Brussels, 1927, no. 17, as La petite Denise, dated 1889.

2005

  • Théo Van Rysselberghe intime, Espace Culturel, Lavandou, 2005, no. 20, repro.

2006

  • Théo van Rysselberghe, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 2006, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1932

  • Zype, Gustave van. "Notice sur Théo van Rysselberghe." Annuaire de l'Académie Royale de Belgique 98 (1932): 130, 131, as Denise (painted 1889) or La petite Denise (painted 1894).

1948

  • Maret, François. Théo van Rysselberghe. Antwerp, 1948: pl. 13, as Profil de fillette.

1963

  • Pogu, Guy. Théo van Rysselberghe, Sa vie. Paris, 1963: repro.

1964

  • Veronesi, Giulia. "Neo-Impressionisti: Paul Signac e Théo van Rysselberghe." Emporium 139, no. 831 (March 1964): 103 repro., 104.

2003

  • Feltkamp, Ronald. Théo van Rysselberghe, 1862 - 1926. Brussels, 2003: 305, no. 1894-011, repro.

Inscriptions

on reverse, dedication to the sitter's grandmother (the artist's mother-in-law): pour Madame Monnom 32 quai des Industriel

Wikidata ID

Q108686762

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