Martin au bord du lac. Un passeur barque et deux paysannes

Details

JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (PARIS 1796-1875)
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'.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Corot's landscapes from the 1870s are the culmination of a lifetime love and understanding of his natural surroundings. As he wrote in a letter to his friend, the painter La Rochenoire in February 1871: ‘The plight of our country, it seems, has driven me to take cover under the vault of heaven and a roof of leafage, and to hunt out the best places for listening to the concert of the birds.’ (quoted in J. Leymarie, Corot, Geneva, 1985, p. 143). Painted circa 1870, Martin au bord du lac. Un passeur barque et deux paysannes is most likely painted directly from nature. Corot found a welcome reception in Scottish collections, such as the Paisley Art Institute, thanks in part to the prominent Glasgow art dealer Alexander Reid.
We are grateful to Claire Lebeau for confirming the authenticity of this painting. The painting will be sold with a certificate of authenticity.

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