Lot 12
  • 12

Stanislas Lépine

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Stanislas Lépine
  • Route de campagne
  • Signed Lépine (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 12 1/2 by 8 7/8 in.
  • 31.7 by 22.5 cm
  • Painted circa 1876-80.

Provenance

Mme. Charbuis, Paris
Galerie Odermatt-Cazeau, Paris
Private collection
Jeffrey Archer (and sold: Christie's South Kensington, June 28, 2011, lot 51)
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Robert & Manuel Schmit, Stanislas Lépine, 1835-1892: Catalogue Raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1993, no. 725, illustrated p. 290

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from craquelure scattered throughout and faint pigment separation at lower left corner. UNDER UV: Scattered pindots of inpaint and a 2 1/2 inch horizontal repaired tear to the upper center sky and tree.
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