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September Premier Auction: Day 2

Sat, Sep 16, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 17, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Lot 647

Jean François Millet*

Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(French, 1814-1875)

Departure for Market, signed lower right "J.F.M.", kneeling man and numbers verso "467" and "20/26", crayon noir on laid paper, 8-7/8 x 6-1/2 in.; chip-carved wood frame

Literature: Musée du Louvre, René Huyghe, and Gabriel Rouchès. Catalogue raisonné: école française de J.F. Millet à Ch. Muller. Paris: Editions des musées nationaux, Palais du Louvre, 1938, No.10719, pg 24

Exhibited : Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox Ltd, London, Nineteenth Century French Drawings, June 15-July 15, 1983, Cat. No. 24

Note: A photograph of The Winnower from the National Gallery of Art, London #6447 references the figure with a basket that appears in the doorway of the drawing

Condition

taped at two points top verso, light toning, small line of remnant tape verso all edges, slight reduction in the size of the sheet in the catalogue raisonné may indicate this was trimmed from a former mount

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