GUSTAVE COURBET | PORTRAIT OF MATHILDE CUOQ

Property from the Collection of Mr. Stan Battat
GUSTAVE COURBET
French
1819 - 1877
PORTRAIT OF MATHILDE CUOQ

signed G. Courbet (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
18¾ by 15⅛ in.
47.6 by 38.4 cm

Condition Report:
Not examined out of the frame. Oil on paper laid down on canvas. The paper is slightly creased in some areas, including the figure's face. The work has a heavy varnish. The surface presents well, aside from surface dirt and dust; widely patterned but stable craquelure; a tiny barely perceptible pin dot loss above the figure's head; and a few tiny, very minor dents in the background at upper right. Under UV: heavy varnish fluoresces green, which impedes an accurate review of the surface.

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Provenance:
M.E. Courbet

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above in 1916)

Private Collector, Zurich (by 1928, according to the exhibition label on the reverse)

MacConnal-Mason, London

Sale: Christie's, New York, June 4, 2009, lot 39, illustrated

Acquired at the above sale