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Description: FRENCH, 1819-1877
LES ROCHES NOIRES

LES ROCHES NOIRES

measurements
18 1/4 by 24 in.

alternate measurements
46 by 61 cm

signed G. Courbet (lower left)

oil on canvas

We would like to thank both Ms. Sarah Faunce and Mr. Jean Jacques Fernier for confirming the authenticity of this work. This work will be included in Ms. Faunce's forthcoming critical catalogue of the artist.

PROVENANCE

Lévy Collection, Paris (and sold: Hôtel Drouot, October 16-17, 1889, lot 6)
Durand-Ruel, Paris
M. Hill (acquired from the above)
Mrs. Laura P. Anderson, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent to the present owner

LITERATURE

Robert Fernier, La vie et L'Oeuvre de Gustave Courbet, Lausanne-Paris, 1978, vol. II, p. 38, no. 597, illustrated

NOTE

According to Jean Jacques Fernier the present work is an example of a subject Courbet often painted between 1865 and 1872 and again in 1876. Given the present work's similiarity to Courbet's Roches Noires de Trouville, (Fernier, no. 511) Mr. Fernier dates this work toward the end of autumn 1865. This composition is particularly notable for its Impressionist spirit, capturing the moment in which the setting sun meets the sea at the horizon.