CAMILLE BOMBOIS | Le Champ

Oscar Ghez, Switzerland
Sale: Tajan, Paris, December 5, 2012, lot 134
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Lyon, Galerie Le Griffon, L'Aube du XXème siècle, 1963
Vevey, Musée Jenisch Vevey, De Vallotton à Desnos, 1965, no. 11, illustrated in the catalogue n. p.
Geneva, Musée Petit Palais, Cinq peintres naïfs français, 1970, no. 12, illustrated in the catalogue n. p.
Saint-Etienne, Maison de la culture et des loisirs, Cinq peintres naïfs français, 1974, no. 10
Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinhausen, Naive Kunst aus Frankreich, 1982, no. 11
Saint-Antoine de l'Abbaye, Musée Jean Vinay, Un siècle d'art naïf, 1989
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, Le Douanier Rousseau et les Primitifs du XXème siècle, 1990-91 (probably)
Nice, Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakowsky, L'Art naïf et les enfants, 1994-95, illustrated in the catalogue p. 26
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, Le Douanier Rousseau et les peintres naïfs français, 1997
Nice, Musée International d'Art naïf Anatole Jakowsky, En quête de paternité - Art Naïf Art moderne, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 80

629 oeuvres de Renoir à Picasso, Geneva, 1981, no. 49, illustrated p. 10

The canvas is not lined and undulating. Examination under UV light reveals a few dots of retouching along the extreme edges relating to frame rubbing. There is a small dent to the upper left quadrant with associated small lines of craquelure and some additional lines of craquelure, predominately to the sky. The varnish appears to have slightly yellowed. There is frame rubbing along the extreme edges with associated dots of pigment loss, notably to the lower right corner. The impasto is nice and well preserved. This work is in overall good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Olivier Lorquin and Didier Jumaux.