Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)

The Coast at Le Carbet, Martinique, with the Trou Caraïbe, looking towards St. Pierre

Details

Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
The Coast at Le Carbet, Martinique, with the Trou Caraïbe, looking towards St. Pierre
signed 'Cazabon' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 ¾ x 22in. (45 x 56cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's London, 26 Sept.1997, lot 10 (£67,500).

Literature

G. MacLean, Cazabon, The Harris Collection, Port of Spain, 1999, p.33 (illustrated in colour).

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Lot Essay

The present picture is a unique survival from Cazabon's stay in Martinique. Geoffrey MacLean included no oils of the island in his catalogue of known works by the artist in 1986 (G. MacLean, Cazabon, An Illustrated Biography etc., Port of Spain, 1986, pp.128-134).

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