Lot 8
  • 8

Jules Breton

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Jules Breton
  • La Bineuse
  • signed Jules Breton (lower right)
  • oil on panel
  • 13 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 34.8 by 26.4 cm

Provenance

Probably, the artist's studio; sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 2-3, 1911, lot 211
Probably, M. Dru (acquired at the above sale)
Florence Art Gallery (circa 1962)
Private Collection, New York 
Thence by descent 

Catalogue Note

Breton almost certainly executed the present oil sketch in preparation for his 1902 Paris Salon submission Le Printemps.