Lot 96
  • 96

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Vachère sur un coteau boisée
  • signed COROT (lower left)
  • oil on panel
  • 8 1/2 by 6 in
  • 21.6 by 15.3 cm

Provenance

Hollander and Cremetti, London (circa 1880)
Robert Pattison, Edinburgh
William Scott and Sons, Edinburgh
Hon. Frederick Nichols
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 22, 1996, lot 138, illustrated
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above, 1997

Exhibited

New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Corot: Late Paintings, December 5, 1996 - January 13, 1997, no. 3

Literature

Pierre Dieterle, Martin Dieterle, Claire Lebeau, Corot, Cinquième Supplément à l'Oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 2002, p. 50, no. 48, illustrated p. 51

Condition

On a stable cradled panel. Tiny spot of loss visible at upper left. Under UV: No inpainting apparent.
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