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THBJean François Millet (French, 1814-1875) Two Figural Drawings: Study for La Fileuse Auvergnate (Seated Woman with a Distaff)
Lot 353
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Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Two Figural Drawings: Study for La Fileuse Auvergnate (Seated Woman with a Distaff)and Study for L'Amour Transi
Both with the artist's studio stamp "J.F.M." (Lugt, 1460b) in ink l.r.
Fileuse chalk with applied grid, the verso blackened for transfer, on watermarked paper with a collector's stamp on the reverse , 13 5/16 x 9 3/16 in. (35.0 x 23.5 cm); L'Amour chalk on paper, 12 1/4 x 8 in. (31.0 x 20.3 cm).
Condition: Fileuse with staining, rippling, toning, creases, nicks and wear to edges of sheet, hinged to back mat; Amour with toning, handling creases, hinged to window mat with cellophane tape in two places.
Provenance: Purchased from Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd., London, 1961.
Estimate $1,200-1,800
Amour inscribed on a fragment of an old backing cardboard "Study for L'Amour Transi or L'Hiver, one of the 4 compositions for the Hotel Thomas 1864-65 (Collection Unknown) R...Hubert I.61" affixed to the frame backing. Also with a label from A.P.F Master Framemakers, New York, on the backing board. Tape residue from old hinges on the top of the reverse.
Fileuse inscribed in pencil "Study for La Fileuse Auvergnate, oil, 1869-74, Louvre (Chouchard Collection, R...Hubert XII 60" on the frame backing, with a similar unattributed inscription in red ink beneath it.
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