JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | FOURRÉ DE BALIVEAUX

Property of a Japanese Private Collector
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT
French
1796 - 1875
FOURRÉ DE BALIVEAUX

stamped with the VENTE COROT stamp (lower right); VENTE COROT wax seal (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on board
12½ by 9½ in.
31.7 by 24.1 cm

Condition Report:
Not examined out of the frame. The work is painted on canvas laid down on board. The board is slightly warped. The work presents well overall, though the surface is visibly dirty and frame abrasion is visible at the edges. Under UV: heavy varnish fluoresces green, which somewhat impedes a review of the surface, though there appear to be a few isolated pin dot retouches.

This work would be a good candidate for a clean. For a full treatment report, please contact the department.

In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Provenance:
The artist's studio (and sold, his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 26-28, 1875, lot 111, as Jeunes Arbres, étude)

Étienne Arago, Paris (acquired at the above sale)

Ingersoll-Smouse

Tedesco, no. 11-206 (acquired from the above, August 1925)

Georges Bernheim, Paris, no. 13261 (acquired from the above, September 1925)

Shigetaro Fukushima, Paris and Tokyo (according to a label on the reverse)

Private Collection, Japan (acquired in Tokyo circa 1935)

Thence by descent