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  • AN 1864 COURBET NEVER BEFORE ON THE MARKET

    An 1864 painting by Gustave Courbet never before on the market comes up at Sotheby’s sale of 19th century European paintings in London on November 20. Le Ruisseau de Plaisir-Fontaine, dans la vallée du Puits Noir is from a French private collection.  It is estimated at £200,000-300,000. The Puits-Noir is the name of a secluded spot outside Ornans where the Brême river meanders through a narrow gorge. It was one of Courbet’s favourite places to paint. Provenance can be traced unbroken through the same family to the artist. Claude-Hélène-Prosper Teste (1801 – 1869), first owner of the present work, was Mayor of Ornans and a friend of Courbet.  He was a sitter for Courbet’s masterpiece L’Enterrement à Ornans (Burial at Ornans).
    Also featured is La Marseillaise by Jean Béraud from a European private collection. Estimated at £500,000-700,000 and depicting Bastille Day in 1880 it epitomises Parisian life at the height of the Belle Époque.

    GUSTAVE COURBET (1819 – 1877) (£200,000-300,000). (Click on image to enlarge).

    JEAN BÉRAUD (1849 – 1935) LA MARSEILLAISE (£500,000-700,000). (Click on image to enlarge).

     

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