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Jules Breton
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- Jules Breton
- Jeune femme dans les champs
- signed Jules Breton and dated 85 (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 10 1/4 by 13 3/4 in.
- 26 by 34.9 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, England, acquired circa 1890
Thence by descent
Thence by descent
Condition
On a stable, cradled panel. Under UV: Spot of inpainting at the lower left and isolated spots at the lower right.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Jeune femme dans les champs is one of Breton's studies for Le Goûter exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1886 (now untraced, it was once in the Vanderbilts' collection). In her diaries, the artist's wife Élodie records several sketches of Catherine Méourt, a young girl of Courrières who posed for the artist at several times of day among the haystacks. As with so many of his remarkable studies, with the present work Breton employ's vigorous brushwork to record the reaped fields and a brilliant use of color to capture the shifts of saturated sunlight and subtle shadows.