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Description: Theodore Rousseau
French, 1812-1867
Twilight, circa 1850
Signed T.H. Rousseau (lr)
Oil on cradled panel
16 7/16 x 24 7/8 inches (41.7 x 63.2 cm)

Provenance:
Collection of Henry Vever
Durand-Ruel, Paris, no. 1508
Collection of Van Praet, Brussels
Collection of Garnier, Paris
Garnier Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 30, 1894, lot 73
Sale of H. S. Henry Collection, American Art Association, New York, January 25, 1907, lot 27
Purchased by J. Montgomery and the Honorable Hugh J. Grant on the above date
Collection of the Honorable Hugh J. Grant, Mayor of New York, 1889-1892
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner

Literature:
Michael Shulman, Theodore Rousseau, Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1999, p. 217, no. 357, illus.

A copy of the original receipt and the original sale catalogue pages from the American Art Association accompany this lot.

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Condition: Dirty varnish. Frame rubbing. Panel split and repaired - horizontal 7 inch split at far right lower center from edge. With inpainting around. Tiny ding upper center. Few small splits in panel along the right edge, they do not appear to have gone through to the back. Inpainting scattered along the outer edges. Could not detect further restoration under UV light through the dulling varnish.

*** there are very tiny fissures in the surface of the painting at the far left center. Does not appear to go through to the back of the panel.


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