Lot 27
  • 27

Henri Stanislas Rouart

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Stanislas Rouart
  • A Gèdres (Basses Pyrénnées)
  • Signed H. Rouart (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 28 3/4 by 36 in.
  • 73 by 92 cm.
  • Painted circa 1878.

Provenance

Mme. Callou mère, 155 rue de l'Université (from a label on the reverse)
Stirrup & Company, Ltd., London,
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002

Exhibited

Probably Paris, 4th Impressionist Exhibition, 1879, no. 205

Condition

This work has been relined, and the edge of the original canvas is visible at the top left corner. The picture surface is in generally good condition and the colors are bright. Under UV, there are scattered areas of retouching throughout the work, notably in the upper left quadrant and the sky, and some of the darks have been strengthened.
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