Lot Essay
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L'oiseau du soir
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
L'oiseau du soir
signed 'Corot' (lower left)
charcoal and wash on paper
10¼ x 12¼ in. (25.8 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1855
L'oiseau du soir
signed 'Corot' (lower left)
charcoal and wash on paper
10¼ x 12¼ in. (25.8 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1855
Provenance
Dutilleux and Alfred Robaut, Paris; his sale, 1907.
Arnold and Tripp.
Dr. Fritz Nathan, St. Gallen (no. CNr 488).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 March 1987.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 1987, lot 548.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Arnold and Tripp.
Dr. Fritz Nathan, St. Gallen (no. CNr 488).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 March 1987.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 1987, lot 548.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. IV, Paris, 1965, no. 2919 (illustrated p. 71).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium