GUSTAVE COURBET | LA MER ORAGEUSE

Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra
GUSTAVE COURBET
French
1819 - 1877
LA MER ORAGEUSE

signed G. Courbet (lower right)
oil on canvas
25½ by 38½ in.
65 by 98 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:

The canvas has been lined using a non-wax adhesive. Although the surface is quite smooth, this is typical for Courbet's work since he uses a palette knife to apply the pigment which does not give rise to impasto. This work is in beautiful condition. There are discolored remnants of old varnish visible under ultraviolet light and to the naked eye. There are a few tiny spots of retouching in the upper half of the right side. There are otherwise only a few isolated spots of retouching in the remainder of the work. None of the
patches that read darkly under ultraviolet light correspond to retouching. The work could be further cleaned, but it can also be hung in its current state.

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Provenance:
Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris

Sears Collection, Boston

E.V. Thaw, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Benjamin, Great Neck, New York (by 1961 and sold, Christie's, London, July 3, 1973, lot 2, illustrated, as La Vague)

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 1998, lot 146, illustrated (as The Wave)

Acquired at the above sale