Dr Oscar Ghez, Switzerland
Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva
Private Collection, Switzerland
Sale: Anaf Scp, Lyon, 27th March 1994, lot 165
Purchased&n🔯bspꦦ;at the above sale by the present owner

Clermont-Ferrand, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guillaumin, L'Impressionniste, ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh, 1995, no. 102, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Vom Spiel der Farbe: Armand Guillaumin, ein vergessener Impressionist, 1996, no. G86, illustrated in the catalogue
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Armand Guillaumin, un maître de l'Impressionnisme français, 1996, no. 78, illustrated in the catalogue
Belfort, Musèe d'Art et d'Histoire de Belfort, Armand Guillaumin, de la lumière à la couleur, 1997, no. 43, illustrated in the catalogue
Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio, L'Impressionismo di Armand Guillaumin, 2003-04, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., Armand Guillaumin, 2004

The canvas is strip-lined. There are two very small repaired tears with associated retouching and some further specks of retouching in the lower right quadrant. There are a few very small areas of retouching at intervals along the edges, probably due to frame rubbing, and further specks of retouching near the left tree, on the centre bush and in the curve of the hill. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from some light surface dirt, this work is in good condition. Colours: The palette is more luminous in the original than in the printed catalogue; The yellows are overall much stronger and brighter and the hills, foreground and sky are greener.
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