ID 1443182
Lot 204 | JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET (GRUCHY 1814-1875 BARBIZON)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
La Dormeuse (Bergère dormant à l’ombre d’un buisson de chênes)
black chalk on paper, upper left corner made up
5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.7 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio stamp (L. 1460) (†);
probably, Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May 1875, lot 149, as Bergère endormie. Croquis au crayon noir. 1855.
Alexis Rouart (1839-1911), Paris.
with Gallerie Brame, Paris, (J.-F. Millet Dessinateur, 1938, no. 43, as La Dormeuse).
probably with Gallerie L.-G. Baugin, Paris, by 1952.
with Galerie Marcel Guiot, Paris ("Elles", Évocations Féminines de Watteau à Villon, November-December 1960, no. 69, as La Dormeuse).
Jean Cau (1925-1993), Paris (†); Beaussant and Lefevre, Paris, 16 December 1993, lot 40, where purchased for the present collection.
Literature
R. L. Herbert, Jean-Francois Millet: Grand Palais, 17 Octobre 1975 - 5 Janvier 1976, Paris, 1975, p. 285.
| Artist: | Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon, Chalk |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic, Stone |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon, Chalk |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic, Stone |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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