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Dimensions: 34.5 by 54.4cm., 13½ by 21½in.

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Provenance: Galerie Le Barc de Bouteville, Paris (until September 1895)
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 February 1959
Private Collection, Paris
Pilkington Collection, London
Charles Jerdein, London (purchased from the above in 1970)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1981, lot 258
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7 April 1987, lot 78
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

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Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie de La Plume, Cinquième exposition du Salon des Cent , 1894, no. 166, as Au bord de l'étang, le soir
Paris, Galerie de la Plume, Septième exposition du Salon des Cent, 1894, no. 366, as Au bord de l'étang, le soir
Paris , XIème Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1895, no. 1126
Paris, Galerie Le Barc de Bouteville, Xème exposition des peintres impressionnistes et symbolistes , 1895, no. 86
Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery & New York, The Spencer Samuels Gallery, Symbolists , 1970, no. 119

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Notes: To be included in the Alphonse Osbert catalogue raisonné being prepared by Véronique Dumas as number 27.
PROPERTY OF A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
The serenity and beautiful colour harmonies of Osbert's crepuscules inspired Georges Rodenbach to write

Il est une heure exquise à l'approche des soirs
Quand le ciel est empli des processions roses
Qui s'en vont effeuillant des âmes et des roses
Et balançant dans l'air des parfums d'encensoirs.

A close acquaintance of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (Puvis de Chavannes was Osbert's best man in 1894), and friends with Georges Seurat since student days, Osbert's style reflects the calm meditative influence of both artists. Osbert exhibited in all the Rose + Croix exhibitions from 1892 onwards.