THEODORE ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, 1812-1867)
Paysage des Landes
oil on paper laid down on canvas
26 x 40.5 cm
Provenance
Comiot collection, Paris;
with Galerie Aubry, Paris;
Purchased from the above by Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, in January 1959, inv. no. 7293, titled Landscape at Fontainebleau with cloudy sky;
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 5-6 July 1961, lot 30A, titled La Lande;
Purchased from the above by Walter Goetz, thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
L'Amour de l'Art, no. 4, February 1927, p.118, illustrated p. 114.
| Estimate: |
£3,000 - £5,000
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Hammer price:
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£2,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition Report
Original canvas; the paint surface is dirty with areas of discoloured, uneven varnish; craquelure and lifting paint, centre right and upper left, no paint loss; no sign of retouching under ultraviolet light; held in a plaster gilt frame with losses to gilt work. It is not signed.
