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Henri-Joseph Harpignies
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- Henri-Joseph Harpignies
- Bords de la Loire (Study for Les Corbeaux, paysage)
- signed H Harpignies and dated 1862 (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 16 by 38 in.
- 40.6 by 96.5 cm
Provenance
Ferdinand Blumenthal
Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt
Cecilia Blumenthal, later Duchesse de Montmorency (acquired from the above, her husband)
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt
Cecilia Blumenthal, later Duchesse de Montmorency (acquired from the above, her husband)
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Exhibited
New York, Trinity Fine Art, Six Paintings from the Blumenthal Collection, 2008, no. 6
Literature
Léon Roger-Milès, Collection F. Blumenthal, Paris, 1920, p. 90, illustrated
Condition
Lined, under UV: inpainting to address frame abrasion upper left and bottom edges, a few scattered dots of inpainting in upper register of the sky, ¼ inch diameter of inpainting in clouds beneath long horizontal branch, some strokes of inpainting in lower right corner.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
According to Madame Burdin-Hellebranth the present work is a study for Harpignies' Les Corbeaux, paysage exhibited at the Paris, Salon, 1863 (no. 883). Les Corbeaux is now held by the Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa (gift of Mr. Friedrich Eckstein, 1910, accession no. 165) with the title The Last Days of Summer (The Crows, Landscape).