Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)

Les Gorges des Saillon

細節
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)
Les Gorges des Saillon
signed and dated '75/G. Courbet' (lower left); and with inscription 'Les Gorges des Saillon, le Géant dans le Valais, Suisse' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 ¼ x 13 in. (41.2 x 33 cm.)
來源
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 January 2008, lot 40.

拍品專文

Sarah Faunce compares the present work to Paysage fantastique aux roches anthromorphes (exh. cat. Courbet, Paris, Grand Palais, 1977-1978, no. 81), which features a similar construct of ladders set against the rock-face. Most significantly, an almost identical human facial profile is created out of the boulder in the lower centre of the composition. This is not only a humoristic device which can be traced in the history of art back to Giuseppe Arcimboldo, but also reinforces Courbet's idea of his native land as being a living, breathing entity.

Typical of Courbet is the way in which the waterfall and rocks fill the entire picture plane, unframed by trees or sky. The subject is presented starkly as a single mass of matter, confronting the viewer, yet in this instance the eye is drawn closer by following the ladder to hidden points above.

The present work will be included by Jean-Jacques Fernier in his supplement to the catalogue raisonné on the artist as "Courbet et collaboration", on the basis that in his opinion Cherubino Pata may have assisted the artist in its creation.

Sarah Faunce has authenticated this work on the basis of a photograph.

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