JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | THE TOWN AND LAKE AT COMO

Property from a Private New York Collection
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT
Paris 1796 - Ville d'Avray 1875
THE TOWN AND LAKE AT COMO

stamped lower left: VENTE / COROT
oil on canvas
11⅜ by 16½ in.; 29 by 42 cm.

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Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

This work is in very good condition. The canvas seems to have an old lining, and the stretcher seems to be original. Although there are some cracks in the center of the sky, the paint layer is stable.
There are four small areas of retouching in the center of the sky. There are a few other tiny dots above the peak in the upper right. There is a diagonal restoration about 1 inch long in the clouds in the lower left sky. There is a small thin circular restoration in the central mountain peak, and another very thin scratch in the peak on the right side. There are three small spots of retouching in the water beneath the city in the center. In the vines on the left side, there is a very thin arc shaped line that shows under ultraviolet light, but this does not correspond to retouching.

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Provenance:
The artist;

His posthumous sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 26-28 May 1875, lot 83;

There acquired by Hector Brame, Paris;

Jules Paton, Paris;

His sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 24 April 1883, lot 39, for 1,850 francs;

There acquired by Comte Armand Doria, Paris;

His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 4-5 May 1899, lot 58, for 16,300 francs;

Pierre Peytel, Paris;

Captain Edward Molyneux, Paris;

With Lefevre Gallery, London;

Albert D. Lasker, New York, by 1951;

Thence by descent to his wife Mrs Albert D. Lasker, New York;

With Lefevre Gallery, London;

With Acquavella Galleries, New York, 1977;

Tom Fee, United States, by 1989;

With Lefevre Gallery, London;

Richard M. Thune, Greenwich, Connecticut;

With Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York;

From whom purchased by a private collector.