ID 829371
Lot 152 | JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET (GRUCHY 1814-1875 BARBIZON)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Two women working hay
signed with monogram ‘J. F. M.’ (lower left)
black chalk, black chalk framing lines
5 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (14.2 x 21.3 cm.)
Provenance
Alfred Sensier (1815-1877), Paris; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11-12 December 1877, lot 236.
James Staats Forbes (1823-1904), London.
Anthony Eden, The Earl of Avon (1897-1977).
Literature
J. Cartwright, ‘The Drawings of Jean-François Millet in the collection of the late Mr. James Staats Forbes. Part II’, The Burlington Magazine, V, 1904, no. 14, p. 119, ill.
Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, Catalogue of an exhibition of the Staats Forbes collection of 100 drawings by Jean-François Millet, 1906, no. 58.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Lord Avon, 11 January – 20 March 1966, no. 13.
| Artist: | Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| |
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |













