Lot 158
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JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | Man on a path near Poitiers

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Man on a path near Poitiers
  • Bears lower left the posthumous sale stamp (L.460)
  • Graphite on paper
  • 26,8 x 16,5 cm ; 10 5/9 by 6 1/2 in.

Provenance

The artist's posthumous sale, Paris May 31st - June 2nd 1875

Exhibited

Probably, Aspects de la peinture française au XIXe et XXe siècles, Galerie Schmit, Paris, May 10th – June 30th 1978

Literature

Probably, Alfred Robaut, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Corot, Tome IV, n°3108, carnet 71

Catalogue Note

We would like to thank Claire Lebeau, Jill Newhouse, and Martin Dieterle who confirmed the authenticity of this drawing. It will be included in the forthcoming Premier Supplément au Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre graphique de Corot.The drawing was executed in the 1852-1855s.