Lot 82: Vue de la Grande Chute du fer à cheval prise de l'Ile de la Chèvre

Jean Charles Joseph Rémond (French, 1795-1875)
Vue de la Grande Chute du fer à cheval prise de l'Ile de la Chèvre
signed 'Rémond' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 x 25 in. (43.2 x 63.5 cm.)

For a note on the artist, please see lot 6.

Rémond executed six studies of Niagara Falls from which were printed by Delpech in 1838 (fig. 1). The present painting is one of the rare examples of a representation of this site by a French artist.

We would like to thank Antoine Laurentin for confirming the authenticity of this work which will be included in his forthcoming Rémond catalogue raisonné .


(fig. 1) Delpech after Rémond, Vue de la Grand Chute du Fer a Chèval prise de l'Ile de la Chèvre , lithograph, 1838.