Lot 168
  • 168

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Grez-Sur-Loing, Pêcheur en Barque, Le Matin
  • signed COROT (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 10 by 13 in.
  • 26 by 34 cm

Provenance

Madame Malpiéce (gift from the artist)
M. Alfred Robaut
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 28, 2003, lot 17, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. III, no. 1451, p. 69, illustrated

Catalogue Note

This work was given by Corot to Madame Malpiéce who then gave the work to M. Alfred Robaut. On May 13, 1883, when sending M. Robaut the picture, Mme. Malpiéce wrote, "Le Matin is a view of the surroundings of Grez near Fontainebleau, which was made for me in 1867-68."