Lot 79
  • 79

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Boulogne-sur-mer, Sentier Creux Dominé Par les Arbes
  • stamped with the VENTE stamp (lower left); with the VENTE wax seal on the stretcher

  • oil on canvas
  • 10 5/8 by 8 3/4 in.
  • 26.9 by 22.2 cm

Provenance

The artist's studio; sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 31-June 2, 1875, lot 144
M. Hurquebie (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, February 4, 1876
Sevadjian (and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 22, 1932, lot 10) 
Brame, Paris (1932)
Knoedler & Co., New York (1933)
Georges Gould (and sold: Sotheby's, London, November 25, 1959, lot 4 (or possibly, lot 5)
Kauffmann, London (1960)
Kaganovitch, Paris (1965)
Possibly acquired by the present owner in Paris circa 1966

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Dessins, aquarelles, tableaux, sculptures des XIXe et XXe siècles, pour les 30 ans de la galerie, May 4-June 19, 1966

Literature

Alfred Robaut, L'œuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, p. 296, no. 956, illustrated p. 297 (painted circa 1855-60)

Condition

Lined; under UV: inpainting to address frame abrasion along right side, 1 by 1 inch area of inpainting in trees on right, a few scattered dashes of inpainting.
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