Lot Essay
This is a preliminary sketch for Huet's entry to the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Huet spent from late summer to autumn in 1852 and 1853 in the small village of Seine-Port.
Details
Paul Huet* (French, 1803-1869)
Soleil couchant à Seine Port
signed and inscribed 'à Mr. Sollier/souvenirs, bien affectueusement Paul Huet' lower right--oil on canvas
15¼ x 26½in. (38.8 x 67.3cm.)
Soleil couchant à Seine Port
signed and inscribed 'à Mr. Sollier/souvenirs, bien affectueusement Paul Huet' lower right--oil on canvas
15¼ x 26½in. (38.8 x 67.3cm.)
Provenance
Perret - Carnot Collection
Heim Gayrac Collection
Heim Gayrac Collection
Exhibited
Munich, Konrad O. Bernheimer, Barbizon, 1993, (listed and illustrated in catalogue of exhibition pp. 106-107)