JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875)

LE PETIT DORMOIR (SOLEIL COUCHANT)

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JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
LE PETIT DORMOIR (SOLEIL COUCHANT)
SIGNED 'COROT' (LOWER LEFT)
OIL ON CANVAS
8.3/8 X 12½ IN. (21.3 X 31.7 CM.)
PAINTED IN 1853

Provenance

GIVEN BY THE ARTIST TO THE SCULPTOR EUGèNE BION CIRCA 1853.

Literature

A. ROBAUT, L'OEUVRE DE COROT. CATALOGUE RAISONNé ET ILLUSTRé, VOL. II, PARIS, 1965, NO. 1152 (SKETCH BY ROBAUT P. 371).

Exhibited

LONDON, MARLBOROUGH FINE ART LIMITED, EXHIBITION OF FRENCH MASTERS, JUNE-AUG. 1950.

Lot Essay

THIS PICTURE WAS PAINTED AT ARRAS IN THE ATELIER OF HENRI-JOSEPH-CONSTANT DUTILLEUX (1807-1865) AND WAS A GIFT FOR HIS FRIEND EUGèNE BION. DUTILLEUX WROTE A LETTER TO BION ON 7 NOVEMBER 1853 ENSURING THAT COROT WOULD SIGN THE PICTURE 'N'OUBLIEZ PAS DE FAIRE SIGNER LE TABLEAU DE NOTRE BON COROT ... JE ME PERMETS DE VOUS DONNER CE CONSEIL DANS L'INTéRêT DE L'OEUVRE à LAQUELLE VOUS DEVEZ TENIR...'.

MARTIN DIETERLE HAS KINDLY CONFIRMED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS WORK.

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