Lot Essay
Martin Dieterle has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
Corot referred to his landscapes of the 1860s and 1870s as souvenirs, and they represent his remembrances of a particular location or setting. Gary Tinterow notes "Corot's souvenirs are more often than not suffused with a silver light that seems to result from the filtering of images through his memory" (G. Tinterow, "Le Pre Corot: The Very Poet of Landscape," Corot 1796-1875, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, p. 262).
The present work represents one of Corot's souvenirs of the Limousin and is a smaller, slightly modified version of Corot's 1866 La solitude. Souvenir de Vigen (Limousin) (sold, Christie's, New York, 8 May 1999, lot 6).
Corot referred to his landscapes of the 1860s and 1870s as souvenirs, and they represent his remembrances of a particular location or setting. Gary Tinterow notes "Corot's souvenirs are more often than not suffused with a silver light that seems to result from the filtering of images through his memory" (G. Tinterow, "Le Pre Corot: The Very Poet of Landscape," Corot 1796-1875, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, p. 262).
The present work represents one of Corot's souvenirs of the Limousin and is a smaller, slightly modified version of Corot's 1866 La solitude. Souvenir de Vigen (Limousin) (sold, Christie's, New York, 8 May 1999, lot 6).