Lot 156
  • 156

Charles Daubigny

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Charles Daubigny
  • Le Ravin d'Optevoz
  • signed Daubigny lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 32.5 by 64cm., 12¾ by 25¼in.

Provenance

M. Dechaume, Paris (his sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1893)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1965, lot 127

Literature

Robert Hellebranth, Charles-François Daubigny, Morges, 1976, p. 172, no. 530, catalogued & illustrated

Condition

The canvas has an old relining. There are scattered strokes of old inpainting, primarily in the sky, including 3 horizontal hairline lines of inpainting addressing what appear to be light scratches in the surface; and further retouches in the lower foreground. Held in an elaborate gold painted wood and plaster Salon-style frame with a nameplate.
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