Lot 159
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JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | Figure sitting by a river near Poitiers (recto), Landscape study (verso)

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Figure sitting by a river near Poitiers (recto), Landscape study (verso)
  • Bears upper left (recto) and lower right (verso) the posthumous sale stamp (L.460)
  • Graphite on paper, with stump on the back
  • 26,5 x 16 cm (1); 16,3 x 26 cm (2) ; 10 13/30 by 6 3/10 in. (1); 6 5/12 by 10 4/17 in. (2)

Exhibited

Aspects de la peinture française au XIXe et XXe siècles, Galerie Schmit, Paris, May 10th – June 30th 1978, n°70

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.