Sotheby's: 19th Century European Art: Lot 35
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT FRENCH, 1796-1875 LA PRESQU'ILE BOISÉE
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signed Corot and dedicated à Jacques Offenbach (lower right)
oil on canvas
PROVENANCE
Jacques Offenbach (gift from the artist)
Sale, Vente Dobbe, February 18, 1889, lot 19
M. Feral (acquired from the above)
M. Alain Delon, Paris
Richard Green Gallery, London
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 1, 1995, lot 20, illustrated
EXHIBITED
Paris, Exposition Centenaire Corot, 1895, no. 60
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Plaisir de France, 1951
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. III, p. 181, no. 1729, illustrated
CATALOGUE NOTE
Painted circa 1865-1868.
This work came to its original owner, Jacques Offenbach, as a gift from Corot. Offenbach (1819-1880) was a composer who is credited with the creation of a type of French comic opera, called the opérette. A prolific writer who had numerous successes to his credit, Rossini refered to him as "our little Mozart of the Champs-Elysées."
We would like to thank Martin Dieterle for kindly confirming the authenticity of this lot.
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