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Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
Cranes watering at the edge of a pond, 1873
Oil on canvas
17-3/4 x 30-1/2 inches (45.1 x 77.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Daubigny 1873 and signed again, lower left: Daubigny

PROVENANCE:
Clarence W. Barron, Boston, Massachusetts;
His granddaughter, Martha Endicott Gannett, bequeathed from the above, 1928;
Her son, David Gannett, Seattle, Washington, by descent, 1991;
Private collection, Seattle, Washington, inherited from the above, 2021.

The present painting will be included in the second supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of Charles-François Daubigny being prepared by François Delestre. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the lot.




Condition Report*: Wax lined canvas. Very minor frame abrasion at upper edge. Yellowing to the varnish layer. Very faint, finely patterned craquelure throughout, with a very few instances of more pronounced cracking. A very few scattered pinpoints of discoloration. Mild surface dust. Not examined out of frame.
Under UV: very heavily applied varnish to lower half of the work fluoresces green, greatly obscuring the picture surface. A very scattered small dots of retouching to the sky. A brushy area of retouching, approximately 3 inches high and 1 1/2-inches wide in lower right quadrant.
Framed Dimensions 22.25 X 34.75 X 2.25 Inches
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Auction Dates
December, 2021
3rd Friday
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Sold on Dec 3, 2021 for: $13,750.00
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