(Q18177368)

English

A Girl Reading

painting by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1845)

  • A fair-hared Girl in a red Dress, reading

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1Théophile Bascle Bordeaux & Paris • by 1878 until [d.] 1882 Exposition rétrospective de tableaux et dessins de maîtres modernes, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris 1878, no. 115; Catalogue des tableaux anciens et modernes […] succession de M. Th. Bascle, (sale cat.) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, (12–14 April 1883), no. 17; François Auffret, Johan Barthold Jongkind 1819–1891, Héritier, contemporain & précurseur, Paris 2004, p. 143, n. 107 (transcript of death notice of Théophile Bascle).2Lucas Bordeaux • 1883 Son-in-law of the above, acquired at the above sale, Auffret, as above, n. (1); Archive Oskar Reinhart Collection «Am Römerholz», Winterthur, Letters from Paul Rosenberg, Bordeaux, to Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, 12 and 16 December 1939, in which Rosenberg describes in detail the recent acquisition of the painting, after having established himself near Bordeaux. or3Cécile or Marguerite Lucas Bordeaux • until 1939 Auffret, as above, n. (1), lists two daughters of Lucas; Letters as above, n. (2).4Paul Rosenberg Bordeaux • 1939 Acquired from either one of the above ca. December 1939, Letters as above, n. (2). (English)
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.8Restituted to Paul Rosenberg New York • 3 June 1948 AStEGB, Swiss Federal Court, Kammer zur Beurteilung von Raubutklagen / Chambre des actions en revendication de biens spoliés, Lausanne, Request for restitution of artworks by Paul Rosenberg vs. various defendants (including Bührle), Verdict of 3 June 1948 (typescript), ordering the restitution of the claimed works, including Corot, Liseuse.9Repurchased from Paul Rosenberg by Emil Bührle Zurich • 30 June 1948 with Bührle until [d.] 28 November 1956Repurchased for CHF 80.000 ($ 20.000), AStEGB, Instrument of transaction between Paul Rosenberg, New York, and Emil Bührle, made out and signed by Mre Maurice E. Meyer on behalf of Paul Rosenberg, dated Lausanne, 30 June 1948, according to which Bührle retains property of Corot's Liseuse, against payment of CHF 80.000; Letter from Emil Bührle to Paul Rosenberg, New York, 6 July 1948, expressing his delight to have been allowed to repurchase Corot, Liseuse, and confirming that the check of $ 20.000 covering the purchase has been sent. (English)
 
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