- 91
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Fontainebleau, Sommet de Carrière boisée
- signed COROT (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 9 1/2 by 11 3/8 in.
- 24.1 by 28.8 cm
Provenance
Sale: L'Isle Adam, April 5, 1891
Bercy, Versailles, 1891
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the early 1930s.
Bercy, Versailles, 1891
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the early 1930s.
Literature
Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. II, p. 28, no. 1320, illustrated opposite p. 28
Condition
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:
This charming sketch is clean and in beautiful state. There are no restorations to the paint layer at all. Although the work is on a fairly rough canvas and painted in a typical plein air fashion, the condition seems to be more or less as the artist intended it. There may be a thin old lining to the canvas, but it seems that this is an old 19th century lining. It is not recommended that this lining be attended to by a restorer.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."