ID 1226097
Lot 59 | JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Jeune femme étendue sur l’herbe
signed ‘COROT’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
11 x 16 ¼ in. (28 x 41 cm.)
Painted circa 1850-1860
Provenance
Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, by 1890.
Mrs P.C. Hanford; American Art Association, New York, 30 January 1902, lot 26.
with Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by June 1903.
G. & L. Bollag, Salon Bollag, Zurich, no. 5799, by March 1925, and by descent to
Max G. Bollag, Zurich; Christie's, London, 20 June 2018, lot 11 B, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Der Cicerone, vol. XIV, March 1922, p. 245, illustrated, as Weiblicher Akt.
C. Bernheim de Villers, Corot, peintre de figures, Paris, 1930, no. 127.
A. Robaut, L’oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. II, Paris, 1965, no. 1032, p. 316, illustrated p. 317.
Exh. cat., Corot, le génie du trait, estampes et dessins, Paris, 1996, p. 85.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Sedelmeyer.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Corot, 1796-1875, August - October 1934, no. 78, p. 41 (with inverted dimensions).
Berne, Kunstmuseum, Corot, January - March 1960, no. 57, n.p..
Geneva, Musée Rath, Corot en Suisse, September 2010 - January 2011, no. 62, p. 135, illustrated.
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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