Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Clair de lune au bord de la mer
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14 ¾ x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm.)
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Clair de lune au bord de la mer
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14 ¾ x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm.)
with Arnold & Tripp, Paris Private collection. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 1 December 1993, lot 22. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 25 May 1994, lot 156. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
M. Dieterle, P. Dieterle & C. Lebeau, Corot : Cinquième supplement à “L’oeuvre de Corot” par A. Robaut et E. Moreau-Nélaton, Paris, 2002, pp. 106-107, no. 104 (illustrated).
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