162. Fair at Rucăr
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162. Fair at Rucăr
References
CIOFLEC, Virgil, "Grigorescu", Bucureşti, Ed. Cultura Naţională, 1925
OPRESCU, George, [Remus Niculescu], "N. Grigorescu", Bucureşti, ed.Meridiane, 1961-1962, vol.I-II
VLAHUȚĂ, Alexandru, "Pictorul N.I.Grigorescu. Vieaţa şi opera lui", ediţia Casei Şcoalelor, Bucureşti, Socec, 1910
VLASIU, Ioana, coordonator, volum colectiv, "Nicolae Grigorescu şi modernitatea", Institutul de Istoria Artei "G.Oprescu" al Academiei Române, Bucureşti, ed. Domino, 2008
oil on canvas laid on wood, 13 x 39.5 cm, 39,5x13, signed lower left side, in red, "Grigorescu"
Research information
The work is reproduced in Calendarul Minervei/ Minerva's Calendar, 1909.
PROVENANCE
the historical collection of dr. Alexandru Obregia, psychiatrist and professor. Dr. Obregia's career is related to the development of psychiatry - he is the champion of building the first Neuropsychiatry Hospital in Romania in Bucharest, 1923. Dr. Obregia not only collected Grigorescu's works, he was also the latter's personal doctor during the painter's last years, as shown by the correspondence between the two (George Oprescu, “Corespondența lui N. Grigorescu”/“The letters of N. Grigorescu”, Universul, 1944)
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