Lot Essay
To be included in J. J. Fernier's supplement to the catalogue raisonné on Courbet, where he will state that the work is excessively over-painted.
Le ravin, environs d'Ornans
Details
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)
Le ravin, environs d'Ornans
with signature 'Courbet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 x 29 in. (58.5 x 73.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1845-50
Le ravin, environs d'Ornans
with signature 'Courbet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 x 29 in. (58.5 x 73.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1845-50
Provenance
Dowdeswells & Dowdeswells, London.
Mrs. Hartree; Christie's, 13 February 1931, lot 77.
R. Hartree; Christie's, 23 May 1947, lot 64 (42 gns. to Roland).
Mrs. Hartree; Christie's, 13 February 1931, lot 77.
R. Hartree; Christie's, 23 May 1947, lot 64 (42 gns. to Roland).