Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Acquired from the above on April 28, 1959.

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art & Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Monticelli: His Contemporaries, His Influence, 1978-79, no. 69, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Oil on cradled panel. The surface is richly textured and the impasto has been well preserved. A horizontal line of cracking runs across the sky 3 inches below the top of the tree. A few additional minor lines of cracking are visible at the center of the tree trunk and just right of it. Minor losses have occurred at the extreme corners. Under UV light: scattered nailhead-sized spots of inpainting are visible to the sky at upper right and left as well as toward the center of the smaller trees at center. Otherwise ok. The work is in good condition.
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