Lot Essay
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Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
L'Hiver or L'Amour transi
Details
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
L'Hiver or L'Amour transi
stamped with initials 'J. F. M.' (lower left)
pastel and pencil on paper
20 ¼ x 11 in. (51.4 x 28 cm.)
Executed in 1864.
L'Hiver or L'Amour transi
stamped with initials 'J. F. M.' (lower left)
pastel and pencil on paper
20 ¼ x 11 in. (51.4 x 28 cm.)
Executed in 1864.
Provenance
The artist.
His estate sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May 1875, no. 61, as Anacréon recueillant l'Amour.
M. Mignon.
Arthur Stoll, Arlesheim, acquired in 1956.
His sale; Gallery Kornfeld, Bern, 18 November 1972, lot 147.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 25 May 1984, lot 282, as L'Hiver.
His estate sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May 1875, no. 61, as Anacréon recueillant l'Amour.
M. Mignon.
Arthur Stoll, Arlesheim, acquired in 1956.
His sale; Gallery Kornfeld, Bern, 18 November 1972, lot 147.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 25 May 1984, lot 282, as L'Hiver.
Literature
W. Gensel, Millet et Rousseau, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1902, p. 54.
É. Moreau-Nélaton, Millet raconté par lui-même, Paris 1921, vol. II, p. 156.
Sammlung Arthur Stoll, Zurich 1961, p. 12, no. 51, illustrated.
É. Moreau-Nélaton, Millet raconté par lui-même, Paris 1921, vol. II, p. 156.
Sammlung Arthur Stoll, Zurich 1961, p. 12, no. 51, illustrated.
Exhibited
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, J. F. Millet, 1887, no 73.
Cherbourg, Musée Thomas Henry, Cent cinquantieme anniversaire de la naissance de Jean François Millet, 22 July - 15 September 1964, no. 67.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, J. F. Millet, 17 November 1964 - 17 January 1965, no. 37.
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Jean Francois Millet, 10 August - 23 September 1991 and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 3-27 October 1991, and Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 3 November - 8 December 1991, no. 58, as Study for 'Winter of Hotel Thomas.'
Cherbourg, Musée Thomas Henry, Cent cinquantieme anniversaire de la naissance de Jean François Millet, 22 July - 15 September 1964, no. 67.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, J. F. Millet, 17 November 1964 - 17 January 1965, no. 37.
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Jean Francois Millet, 10 August - 23 September 1991 and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 3-27 October 1991, and Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 3 November - 8 December 1991, no. 58, as Study for 'Winter of Hotel Thomas.'