Francesco Guardi
Die Bucht von San Marco
1780/85
Andata del Bucintoro verso S. Nicolò di Lido
Öl auf Leinwand
62 x 93.5 cm
Morassi 288
Antonio Morassi, Antonio e Francesco Guardi, 2 vol., Venice, 1973.
Provenienz
1Karl Haberstock Berlin • before 1933 Hundert Bilder aus der Galerie Haberstock Berlin, Magdalene Haberstock (ed.), Munich 1967, no. 64 (ill.); the painting is not listed in the sales books of the Haberstock Gallery, Berlin, published in Horst Kessler, Karl Haberstock, Umstrittener Kunsthändler und Mäzen, Munich & Berlin 2008, pp. 265–320. A date of sale prior to 1933 is corroborated by Edoardo Arslan, «Per la definizione dell'arte di Francesco, Giannantonio e Niccolò Guardi», in Emporium (23/Dec.) 1944, p. 6, n. 11, fig. 7l, where Arslan mentions the painting as having been with Haberstock ca. a dozen years ago.
2Private Collection London AStEGB, Inventory Card Guardi, Bacino di San Marco.
3Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London AStEGB, Entry Book II, 16 May 1954.
4Emil Bührle Zurich • 25 June 1954 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above, AStEGB, Invoice from Trafo Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz [Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London], made out to Emil Bührle, 8 June 1954, for 4 paintings, including Guardi, Bacino di San Marco, amounting to a total of CHF 560.000; Letter from Dr. O. Maurer [Secretary General of Oerlikon Bührle & Co.] to Trafo Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz, 19 June 1954, confirming payment of CHF 451.250 as part of a larger settlement made for art acquisitions; Letter from Trafo Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz, to Emil Bührle, 25 June 1954, acknowledging receipt of this amount.
5Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 142.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Antonio Morassi, Antonio e Francesco Guardi, 2 vol., Venice, 1973.
Ausstellungen
1955Alte Meister aus der Sammlung E. Bührle, Zürich Jegenstorf Castle • Jegenstorf (Bern) • 1955 no. 35.
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 94.
2008Venice, From Canaletto and Turner to Monet (Venedig von Canaletto und Turner bis Monet) Fondation Beyeler • Riehen • 2008–09 p. 55.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 142.
2012Francesco Guardi 1712–1793 Museo Correr • Venice • 2012–13 no. 102.
2018Bührle Collection: Impressionist Masterpieces from the E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich (Switzerland) National Art Center, Tokyo • Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka • Nagoya City Art Museum • 2018 no. 8.
2019La Collection Emil BührleMusée Maillol • Paris • 2019 no. 8.
Literatur
1944Edoardo Arslan «Per la definizione dell'arte di Francesco, Gianantonio e Nicclolò Guardi» in Emporium (23/Dec.) • 1944 • p. 6, fig. 7.
1967Magdalene Haberstock (ed.)Hundert Bilder aus der Galerie Haberstock Berlin Munich • 1967 • no. 64 (ill.).
1973Antonio Morassi Antonio e Francesco Guardi Venice • 1973 • vol. 1, no. 288; vol. 2, fig. 319 (detail), 320.
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle / Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 146 (ill.;21986).
1978«Repertorium venezianischer Gemälde in öffentlichem Schweizer Besitz» in Venezianische Kunst in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein (exh. cat.) Seedamm-Kulturzentrum • Pfäffikon (Schwyz) • 1978 • no. R34 (ill.; French edition: «Répertoire des peintures vénitiennes appartenant aux collections publiques de Suisse», in Art vénitien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • pp. 25–26 (ill. bottom; English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2005Lukas Gloor • Marco Goldin (ed.)Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 399 (ill.).