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Dimensions: measurements 19 1/4 by 31 in. alternate measurements 49 by 79 cm

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Provenance: M. Lepel-Cointet (and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 9, 1881, lot 6. as Les Saules)
Grunbaum, Paris, 1895
Mme. Vve. Grunbaum Bellis, Paris, 1895
Delamain, Paris, 1926
Galerie Ollendorf, 1934
Mr. Rodriguez Henriquez, Paris, 1938
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo, 1986
Sale: Christie's, New York, February 26, 1986, lot 36, illustrated
Private Collection

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Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Centenaire de Corot , May-June 1895, no. 86
Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d'oeuvres de Corot (1796-1875), paysages de France et figures , June 2-July 5, 1930, no. 46
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Corot, A loan exhibition for the benefit of the citizen's committee for children of New York, Inc., October 30-December 6,1969, no. 81
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 5-September 4, 1980; June 7-September 17, 1982; June 6-September 14, 1983; June 11-September 4, 1984; June 17-August 28, 1985

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Literature: Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. III, pp. 156-157, no. 1660, illustrated

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Notes: We would like to thank Martin Dieterle and Claire Lebeau for kindly confirming the authenticity of this lot.