Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Property from THE ESTATE OF RICHARD G. CARROTT

Details

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Paysage au Bord du Lac

signed 'COROT' lower right--oil on canvas
15¾ x 21 3/8in. (40 x 54.3cm.)

Provenance

G. Feuiller, Arras (circa 1880)
Possibly Max Kleber, Paris (until 1888)
Possibly Boussod, Valadon et Cie, Paris (by Sept. 5, 1888)
Possiblly M. Knoedler and Co., New York (by Sept. 5, 1888 or Sept. 24, 1888) or Goupil, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Havemeyer, New York (by Dec. 6, 1888-1929)
Mrs. Harry O. Havemeyer, New York; sale, American Art Association, New York, April 10, 1930, lot 70
O. B. Carrott
Thence by descent

Literature

G. Wold, Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, exh. cat., New York, 1993, pp. 310-311, no. 122 (illustration)

Lot Essay

This painting was executed circa 1865-70. The sky area was reworked later by Corot, and under ultra-violet light examination, there is evidence of a cluster of trees.

This painting has been examined and authenticated by Martin Dieterle, and will be included in the fifth supplement of the catalogue raisonné on Corot by M. Dieterle and André Pacitti.