Lot 118
  • 118

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Trees near Ville-d'Avray
  • Stamped VENTE/ COROT lower right (Lugt 461)
  • Pencil on blue paper
  • 9 x 15 1/4 inches

Provenance

Jill Newhouse, New York

Exhibited

Yale 2010, no. 95

Condition

This work is in generally good condition aside from one obvious spot of foxing in the lower right quadrant and 2 or 3 very minor tiny fox spots in the sky. The blue paper has faded and there is a slightly darker 1 inch vertical section at the right edge which has been matted out.
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Catalogue Note

This drawing relates to an 1855-60 painting of the artist's home in Ville d'Avray.