ID 1443055
Lot 203 | JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (PARIS 1796-1875)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
Martin au bord du lac. Un passeur barque et deux paysannes
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 7/8 x 24 1/8in. (42.9 x 61.3cm.)
Painted circa 1870.
Provenance
The late Archibald Coats, Esq., (1840-1912) of Woodside, Paisley sale; Christie's, London, 3 July 1914, lot 102 as 'Le Lac',
where acquired by Edward Silva White, Glasgow.
from whom acquired by Mr W.H. Coats, Woodside, Paisley.
His donation to the Paisley Art Institute, 1929.
Literature
D.S. MacColl, Nineteenth Century Art, Glasgow, 1902, p.175.
London, Royal Society of British Artists, exh. cat., Pictures and Drawings Being the Entire Collection of the Late W. A. Coats, Esqre, London, 1927, p. 11, no. 104.
W. Philip Mayes, Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture in the Collections of Paisley Corporation and Paisley Art Institute, Paisley, 1948, p. 21.
exh. cat. A Paisley Legacy: The Paisley Art Institute Collection Centenaries Catalogue, Paisley, 2015, p. 7 no. 31.
Exhibited
Glasgow, Kelvingrove, Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, no. 1392, as 'Le Lac'.
London, Royal Society of British Artists, 1927, no. 104.
Glasgow, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, A Man of Influence: Alex Reid, 1854-1928, October–November 1967, no. 17, as 'Un matin brumeux, Ville d'Avray'.
Paisley, Paisley Institute of Art, A Paisley Legacy: The Paisley Art Institute Collection Centenaries exhibition, 2015, no.31, as 'Un matin brumeux, Ville d'Avray'.
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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