Nature morte au bouquet de fleurs

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JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
Nature morte au bouquet de fleurs
signed 'COROT' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 7/8 x 28 ¾ in. (91.2 x 73 cm.)
Painted on 31 May 1871.

Provenance

The artist, by whom given to Elisa Robaut, (wife of Alfred Robaut).
Louis Aubrey.
Private collection, Paris, in 1975.
Derek Jackson, Lausanne, and by descent to the present owners.

Literature

A. Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1905, vol. III, no. 2152, illustrated.

Exhibited

Paris, Durand-Ruel, 1878, no. 103.
Paris, Galerie Gerorges Petit, Exposition de la fleur, October - November 1894, no. 5, as Pivoines Étude.
Paris, Galerie Schmidt, Cent ans de peinture française, 7 May - 7 June 1969, no. 29.
Paris, Galerie Schmidt, Corot, 12 May - 12 June 1971, no. 58.
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Hommage à Corot, 7 June - 29 September 1975, no. 118.

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot sketched this bouquet on Wednesday 31 May 1871 during his stay in Arras.
Corot’s esteemed friend, biographer, and engraver, Mr. Alfred Robaut, asked Corot for permission to buy this study for his wife. Corot responded to his desire with the following letter, addressed to his friend in Douai: 'Arras, June 2, 1871. My dear friend, I am happy that the bouquet will please Madame Elisa. Let me make the offer of this pretty bunch. Above all, let's not talk about money… A thousand regards to all. All yours, C. Corot'.
Alfred Robaut was the author of the first catalogue of works by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and Eugène Delacroix. Elise was the eldest daughter of Constant Dutilleux. Constant was also a painter and a friend of both Corot and Delacroix.

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