(French, 1851-1910)Haymaking (Haymakers in the Sun), signed lower left "Julien Dupré", oil on canvas, 25-3/8 x 32 in.; fine and possibly original Barbizon gilt wood and composition frame, 41 x 47 in.Note: We wish to thank Howard L. Rehs & Professor Janet Whitmore for authenticating this work from a photograph which will include it in the forthcoming Julien Dupré catalogue raisonné to be published by Rehs Galleries, Inc. www.juliendupre.com , Provenance: Pitet aîné , Paris, November 27, 1890 (ff1000) as "Glaneuses"; M. Knoedler, New York City, New York. (#7017); Fleming Smith, New York City, New York, June 30, 1892 ($320.00); Eastern North Carolina Estate; Private Collection, Beaufort, North Carolina
Condition
strip-lined, restretched on new stretcher, consolidated, re-varnished, crackle; frame with minor losses