Saulaie, bords de la Charente
oil on canvas
26 ⅝ by 32 ⅜ in.
67.6 by 82.2 cm.
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Details
26 ⅝ by 32 ⅜ in.
67.6 by 82.2 cm.
Provenance
Cadart & Luquet, Paris (by 1865)
Galerie Witcomb, Buenos Aires
Collection Boutet, Paris
A. Tooth & Sons, London
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, New York
Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris, 1973
Private collection (by 1977)
Sotheby's, Collection Monsieur et Madame Robert Schmit, Part II, March 24 2022, Lot 122
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition
Saintes, Mairie, 160 tableaux signés Corot, Courbet, Auguin, Pradelles, 1863, no. 81 (titled Saulée, bords de la Charente)
Limoges, Société des Amis des Arts du Limousin, Deuxième Exposition, 1864, no. 102 (titled Les Saules)
Bordeaux, Galeries de la Société des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux, Quatorzième Exposition, 1865, no. 175 (titled Les saules)
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Courbet, 1917-18, no. 17 (titled Les saules à Fond-Couverte, près de Saintes)
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, 1874, Naissance de l'Impressionnisme, 1974, no. 50 (titled Rivière en Charente)
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Choix d'un amateur, XIXe-XXe siècles, 1977, no. 18 (titled Paysage de Saintonge)
Ornans, Musée-maison natale Gustave Courbet, Hommage à Courbet, 1977, no. 5
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Maîtres français, XIXe-XXe siècles, 1988, no. 21
Literature
Robert Fernier, La vie et l'œuvre de Gustave Courbet : Catalogue raisonné, Paris and Lausanne, 1977, tome I, pp. 188-189, no. 323 illustrated
Pierre Courthion, Tout l'œuvre peint de Courbet, Paris, 1987, illustrated p. 90, no. 310
Bruno Foucart, Courbet, Paris, 1995, illustrated p. 108
We are grateful to the Comité Gustave Courbet for having confirmed the authenticity of the work by a letter dated October 22, 2021, after first-hand inspection.
The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist.