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JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (PARIS 1796-1875)
Fontainebleau-le château vu de la pièce d'eau
signed 'COROT' (lower left)
oil on canvas
9 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (24.1 x 39.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1850-55.
Provenance
André-Julien Prévost, circa 1873.
Salomon Benedict Goldschmidt (1818-1906), Frankfurt am Main.
His sale, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 17 May 1888, lot 2, as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
M. Fauré-Lepage, acquired at the above sale.
Achille Fould.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 May 1894, lot 1, as L'etang des Carpes à Fontainebleau.
with Arnold & Tripp, Paris.
Jean Joseph Paul Rattier (1819-1890), Paris.
with Leicester Gallery, London, 1896.
Charles Jourdier (1839-1906), Paris.
with Arnold & Tripp, Paris.
with Obach & Co., London, acquired directly from the above, 17 April 1899.
James Staats Forbes (1823-1904), London, by 1904.
with Leicester Gallery, London, acquired directly from the above, by April 1906.
Douglas W. Freshfield (1845-1934), London, acquired directly from the above, until at least 1924.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 March 1962, lot 162, as A View of the Lake, Fontainebleau.
Tony Mayer (1902-1997), Paris, 1957.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 March 1962, lot 162, as A View of the Lake, Fontainebleau.
Katz, acquired at the above sale.
with Hammer Gallery, New York, by 1987.
Arnold S. Gumowitz (b. circa 1929) and Anne Gumowitz (1931-2017), New York, by 1991.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 27 May 1992, lot 144.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. De Lostalot, 'Collection de tableaux de M. Goldschmidt,' Gazette de Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1 January 1888, p. 423, as Château de Fontainebleau.
G. Pelca, 'Chronique de l'Hôtel Drouot,' Courrier de l'art, Paris, 13 January 1888, p. 168, as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
'Choses et gens,' Le Matin, Paris, 18 May 1888, p. 3, as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
'Mouvement des arts,' Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, Paris, 19 May 1888, p. 153, as Château de Fontainebleau.
J. Ribb, 'Échos,' Le Pays, Paris, 20 May 1888, n.p., as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
Le Passant, 'Les On-dit,' Le Rappel, Paris, 20 May 1888, n.p., as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
'Vente Goldschmidt,' Journal des artistes, Paris, 3 June 1888, p. 83, as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
P. Eudel, L'Hotel Drouot et la curiosité en 1887-1888, Paris, p. 381, as Le Château de Fontainebleau.
G. Geffroy, 'Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot,' Corot and Millet, With Critical Essays by Gustave Geffroy & Arsène Alexandre, London, 1903, p. xxxi, as Château de Fontainebleau.
E. Birnstingl and A. Pollard, Corot, London, 1904, p. 162, as Carp Pond, Fontainebleau.
A. Robaut, L'Œuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. II, pp. 284-285, no. 891, illustrated.
V. Pomarède, Corot, ses chefs-d'œuvre entre Seine et Marne, Étrépilly, 1998, pp. 81-83, pl. 83, illustrated, as Le château vu de la pièce d'eau.
Exhibited
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of a Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of the Late James Staats Forbes, 1905, p. 11, no. 94, as The Carp Pond-Fontainebleau.
London, The Leicester Galleries, Catalogue of an Exhibition of The Staats Forbes Collection of Paintings by Corot and the Barbizon School, April 1906, no. 3, as The Carp Pond, Fontainebleau.
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Corot, 12 May-12 June 1971, p. 53, no. 35, illustrated.
Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery, Corot, 18 May-30 June 1991; also Norwich, Norwich Castle Museum, 6 July -18 August 1991, p. 57-58, no. 27, illustrated, as The Château at Fontainebleau.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.