Gustave Courbet
Cliff of Etretat (Falaise d'Etretat, la Porte d'Aval)
Lot #356 |
2025-02-06 |
Sotheby's, New York
Master Paintings Part I
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 500,000 - 700,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11704
Auction name: Master Paintings Part I
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-02-06
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 31 ¼ by 39 ½ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
79.4
Width In Centimeters:
100.3
Height In Inches:
31.25
Width In Inches:
39.5
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Provenance
Pearson Collection, Paris by 1926; His sale, Berlin, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, 18 October 1927, lot 22; Jacques Guerin, Paris; Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 18 November 1998, lot 14; From whom acquired by the present collector.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Fiquet, Courbet , November-December 1926, no. 9 (lent by M. Pearson).
Literature
R. Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet , catalogue raisonné, Lausanne 1978, vol. II, p. 96, cat. no. 720, reproduced p. 97.
Catalog summary
Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra Gustave Courbet Ornans 1819 - 1877 La Tour-de-Peilz Cliff of Etretat (Falaise d'Etretat, la Porte d'Aval) signed and dated lower right : G. Courbet. / 69 oil on canvas canvas: 31 ¼ by 39 ½ in.; 79.4 by 100.3 cm framed: 45 ½ by 53 ½ in.; 115.6 by 135.9 cm Provenance Pearson Collection, Paris by 1926; His sale, Berlin, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, 18 October 1927, lot 22; Jacques Guerin, Paris; Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 18 November 1998, lot 14; From whom acquired by the present collector. Exhibited Paris, Galerie Fiquet, Courbet , November-December 1926, no. 9 (lent by M. Pearson). Literature R. Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet , catalogue raisonnĂ©, Lausanne 1978, vol. II, p. 96, cat. no. 720, reproduced p. 97.