Lot Essay
Martin Dieterle has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
Prairies au bord de l'eau
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Corot, J.-B.-C.
Prairies au bord de l'eau
signed 'Corot' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm.)
Painted circa 1870
Corot, J.-B.-C.
Prairies au bord de l'eau
signed 'Corot' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm.)
Painted circa 1870
Provenance
Mme. V. Chollet (acquired from the artist, March 1871).
Mr. Pass, Soissons (1898).
M.A. Savard, Paris (1928).
Savard Son, Paris (by descent from the above, until 1939).
Rafael Grard, Paris (acquired from the above, 1956).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 49.
Acquired at the above sale for The Akram Ojjeh Collection.
Mr. Pass, Soissons (1898).
M.A. Savard, Paris (1928).
Savard Son, Paris (by descent from the above, until 1939).
Rafael Grard, Paris (acquired from the above, 1956).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 49.
Acquired at the above sale for The Akram Ojjeh Collection.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonn et illustr, Paris, 1965, vol. III, p. 230, no. 1973bis (illustrated, p. 231).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d'oeuvres de Corot, Paysages de France et Figures du profit de l'oeuvre de l'allaitement maternel, June-July 1930, no. 50.