54. The Girl with the Mirror [cca. 1885-1890]

Nicolae Grigorescu

1838, Pitaru, Dâmboviţa - 1907, Câmpina

Estimate

EUR 50.000 - 80.000

Sold

EUR 70.000

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Tue, 21 December 2021 19:00

A testament to his spirituality, Nicolae Grigorescu's work of art shows an ideal panorama of the nature and human image, themes to which the artist always remained faithful throughout his creation. Inspired by his home area, the artist would often depict fragments of the time and places he went through, immortalizing the spirits and characters he would encounter during his pilgrimages. He would pay special attention to the female character, that we find in generic title compositions, in "studies", and in works of art entitled around the atmosphere created by the character. His identity most often remained shrouded in mystery, the primary purpose of the artist being to paint generic characters. Hence, the titles of his works with titles, rare in number, signal a number of meanings, the female character often replacing a social status ("Dowry girl"), an occupation ("Sewing", "With the needle", "Country girl spinning", "Country girl reading"), ethnicity ("Gypsy girl from Ghergani"), place of origin ("Rucăreancă", "Munteanca"), a time of relaxation ("Thoughtful", "The girl with the mirror") etc. Present in 1984 in the Retrospective Exhibition "Nicolae Grigorescu. Painting-graphic", from the Art Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania, the painting "The girl with the mirror" was to be among the 469 works of painting and graphics exhibited in a large ensemble, an event through which the artist Grigorescu would be brought back to the top of the art-lovers. (GM)

References

VLAHUȚĂ, Alexandru, „Pictorul Nicolae Grigorescu. Vieața și opera lui”, Ed. Casa Școalelor, București, 1910. OPRESCU, George, „Nicolae Grigorescu”, Ed. Meridiane, București, vol. 2, 1962. OPRESCU, George, „Grigorescu”, Ed. Meridiane, București, 1963. Catalogul Expoziției „Nicolae Grigorescu. Pictură-Grafică”, Muzeul de Artă al Republicii Socialiste România, București, 1984-1985.

Dimensions

width 37.5 cm, height 22.5 cm, custom 22,5 Ã 37,5 cm

Description

oil on canvas, signed bottom left, with red, "Grigorescu"

Research information

The artwork was part of "Grigorescu" commemorative exhibition, R.P.R. Art Museum, July 25 - November 17, 1957, under cat. 221, p. 87 under the title "Fata cu oglindÄ" ("The Girl with the Mirror"). The artwork is reproduced in "Nicolae Grigorescu", George Oprescu, Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, vol. 2, 1962, under cat. 136, under the title "Fata cu oglinda" ("The Girl with the Mirror"). The artwork is reproduced in "Grigorescu", George Oprescu, Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1963, under cat. 86, under the title "Fata cu oglinda" ("The Girl with the Mirror"). The artwork was part of "Nicolae Grigorescu. Painting - Graphic art" exhibition, Art Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania, 1984-1985, and is reproduced and mentioned in the exhibition catalogue at il. 117, p. 146, respectively cat. no. 236, under the title "Fata cu oglindÄ" ("The Girl with the Mirror"). The artwork is reproduced in "Nicolae Grigorescu", Alcor Edimpex SRL Publishing House, Bucharest, 1998, at p. 58, under the title "Fata cu oglinda" ("The Girl with the Mirror"). The artwork was part of "Representative artistic values from Bucharest collections" Exhibition, Museum of Art Collections, Bucharest, 2002.

Lot.notes

pe verso, autentificarea pictorului Jean Alexandru Steriadi, "TÃ¢nÄrÄ fatÄ culcatÄ Ã®n rochie de casÄ verde, picturÄ Ã®n ulei pe pÃ¢nzÄ, autenticÄ de N. Grigorescu"

Dating

cca. 1885-1890

PROVENANCE

colecÈia istoricÄ Elena Èi Alexandru Pamula.

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