Louis Rémy Mignot (1831-1870)
Louis Rémy Mignot (1831-1870)

River Scene, Ecuador

Details
Louis Rémy Mignot (1831-1870)
River Scene, Ecuador
signed and dated 'Mignot.1857.' (lower right)
oil on board
11¼ x 18 in. (28.6 x 45.7 cm.)
Provenance
Charles M. Kurtz, Buffalo, New York.
Sale: Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 24-25 February 1910, no. 44.
M.W. Nathing.
Christie's, New York, 18 May 1983, lot 125.
The Regis Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Christie's, New York, 26 May 1988, lot 50.
Richard York Gallery, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1988.
Literature
K.E. Manthorne, Tropical Renaissance: North American Artists Exploring Latin America, 1839-1879, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 137, 233, fig. 67, illustrated (as On the Orinoco, Venezuela).
K.E. Manthorne, J.W. Coffey, The Landscapes of Louis Rémy Mignot: A Southern Painter Abroad, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp. 81, 82, 181, no. 33, illustrated.
Exhibited
Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Art, and elsewhere, The Landscapes of Louis Rémy Mignot: A Southern Painter Abroad, October 20, 1996-January 19, 1997, no. 33.

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