Lot Essay
A version of the same site Arbres sous la neige, painted at the same time, is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (see R. Fernier, op. cit. no. 486).
THE PROPERTY OF A FOUNDATION
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)
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Details
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)
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signed 'G. Courbet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
37¾ x 50¾ in. (96 x 129 cm.)
Painted circa 1865
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signed 'G. Courbet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
37¾ x 50¾ in. (96 x 129 cm.)
Painted circa 1865
Provenance
Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, circa 1916.
M. von Steiger, Bern.
R. Cazarelli, Geneva.
Anon. sale, Galerie Bollag, Zurich, 23 March 1935, lot 87 (illustrated pl. XXI).
Emile Chambon, Geneva.
M. von Steiger, Bern.
R. Cazarelli, Geneva.
Anon. sale, Galerie Bollag, Zurich, 23 March 1935, lot 87 (illustrated pl. XXI).
Emile Chambon, Geneva.
Literature
A. Fontainas in l'Album d'Art Druet Librairie de France, 1927, vol. VI (illustrated).
A. Daber in the catalogue of the exhibition Courbet Exposition du 130e anniversaire de sa naissance 10 juin 1819-10 juin 1949 au profit des 'Amis de Gustave Courbet', Paris, 1949, under no. 14.
R. Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet, Lausanne, 1978, vol. I, p. 258, no. 477 (illustrated p. 259).
P. K. Schuster in the catalogue of the exhibition Courbet und Deutschland, Cologne, 1978, p. 274.
A. Daber in the catalogue of the exhibition Courbet Exposition du 130e anniversaire de sa naissance 10 juin 1819-10 juin 1949 au profit des 'Amis de Gustave Courbet', Paris, 1949, under no. 14.
R. Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet, Lausanne, 1978, vol. I, p. 258, no. 477 (illustrated p. 259).
P. K. Schuster in the catalogue of the exhibition Courbet und Deutschland, Cologne, 1978, p. 274.
Exhibited
Berne, Kunsthaus, 1962, no. 39.
Geneva, Galerie Krugier & Cie, Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet, Nov. 1967, no. 9.
Geneva, Galerie Krugier & Cie, Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet, Nov. 1967, no. 9.