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Premier Auction - Session I - July 14, 2023

Fri, Jul 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 489

Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Belgian,1873-1955)

Fleurs et Fruits, signed lower left "Alfred Bastien/1937", oil on canvas, 31-1/8 x 39 in.; original carved and gilt wood frame with label for "Gabriel Van Thienen, Bruxelles", 49-1/2 x 41-3/4 in.

Exhibited: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1937 International Exhibition of Paintings, October 14 - December 5, 1937

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, surface dirt, crackle; frame with some abrasions and wear commensurate with wear

Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania