Lot 121
  • 121

Théodore Rousseau

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Description

  • Théodore Rousseau
  • Soleil Couchant
  • signed TH. Rousseau (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 10 3/8 by 19 3/4 in.
  • 26.3 by 50.2 cm

Provenance

Wallbrown Collection, New York (in 1886)
S.D. Warren Collection (and sold: American Art Association, New York, January 8-9, 1903, lot 27)
W. Macbeth Collection (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, New York (by early 20th century)
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 27, 1992, lot 170, illustrated
Private Collector, Ohio (and sold: Christie's, New York, May 22, 1996, lot 122, illustrated)

Literature

Michel Schulman and Marie Bataillès, Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867, Catalogue Raisonné de L'Oeuvre Peint, Paris, 1999, p. 249, no. 441, illustrated

Condition

Very good condition; under UV: no apparent inpainting.
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