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Lot Essay
Dans cette étude très expressive et rapidement exécutée, Millet dépeint des paysans normands ramassant le varech qui était alors utilisé comme engrais dans les champs. Il semblerait qu’il s’agisse d’une première esquisse pour un dessin plus travaillé, datable de 1854 selon Étienne Moreau-Nélaton (Millet raconté par lui-même, Paris 1921, vol. 2, p. 14, fig. 103). Alors que Millet recherchait la composition exacte sur cette esquisse, il a finalement fait un certain nombre de changements dans l’organisation générale, devenue alors plus horizontale dans le dessin final.
In this very expressive and quickly executed sheet, Millet depicts Norman peasants hauling in storm-tossed seaweed which was used as fertilizer on the fields. It appears to be a first sketch for a more worked out drawing datable to 1854 according Étienne Moreau-Nélaton (Millet raconté par lui-même, Paris 1921, vol. 1, p. 14, fig. 103). While Millet was clearly searching for the right composition in this sheet, he ultimately made a number of changes in the arrangement which became more horizontal in the finished drawing.
In this very expressive and quickly executed sheet, Millet depicts Norman peasants hauling in storm-tossed seaweed which was used as fertilizer on the fields. It appears to be a first sketch for a more worked out drawing datable to 1854 according Étienne Moreau-Nélaton (Millet raconté par lui-même, Paris 1921, vol. 1, p. 14, fig. 103). While Millet was clearly searching for the right composition in this sheet, he ultimately made a number of changes in the arrangement which became more horizontal in the finished drawing.
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