52Т. Forget-me-nots [1908-1910]
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52Т. Forget-me-nots [1908-1910]
References
Virgil CIOFLEC, "Luchian", Ed. Cultura Naţională, Bucharest, 1924 Petru COMARNESCU, "Luchian", Ed. de Stat pentru Literatură şi Artă, Bucharest, 1955 Petru COMARNESCU, "Luchian", Ed. Tineretului, Bucharest, 1965 Teodor ENESCU, "Ştefan Luchian: Painting. Pastel. Watercolor. Drawing", Romanian Cultural Institute, Bucharest, 2007 Ionel JIANU, "Luchian", Ed. Căminul Artei, Bucharest, 1947 Jacques LASSAIGNE, "Ştefan Luchian", Ed. Meridiane, Bucharest, 1972
watercolor on paper glued to cardboard, 38 x 32 cm, signed bottom left, with brown, "Luchian"
Research information
The work participated in the retrospective exhibition of Ștefan Luchian, at the Museum of Art of the R.P.R., Bucharest, 1957, catalog no. 225, catalog by Theodor Enescu, Radu Bogdan. The work participated in the exhibition "Flowers in the painting of Ștefan Luchian," a commemorative exhibition marking 50 years since the artist's death, at the Museum of Art of the R.S.R., Bucharest, 1966, and is reproduced and mentioned in the exhibition catalog under no. 75, pages 80-81. The work is reproduced in the Critical Catalog of Ștefan Luchian, Theodor Enescu, ICR, Bucharest, 2007, on page 432, catalog no. 9. Participation tag in the exhibition "Ștefan Luchian," Museum of Art of the R.P.R., Bucharest, July 16 - November 10, 1957, catalog no. 225. Participation tag in the exhibition "Ștefan Luchian," Museum of Art of the R.S.R., Bucharest, 1967, catalog no. 75. Participation tag in the exhibition "Masterpieces
PROVENANCE
The collection of the banker Max Schapira's family (? - 1921), philanthropist, patron, founder of the Romanian oil industry; Max Schapira was one of the most important businessmen in Ploiești during the 1890s-1920s, founding the Central Bank of Ploiești, the Astra Refinery, and serving as vice-president and administrator of the "Creditul Petrolifer" Society. In the 1950s, the collection belonged to pianist Ghitta (Gita) Mendel Shapira, Max Schapira's daughter-in-law. Gita Schapira, a concert pianist during the interwar period, was among other things, a sonata partner of George Enescu between 1930 and 1945; the collection of painter Gh. Vânătoru (1908-1983); private collection.
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