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ART - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (Paris 1796 - ib., 1875) - Autograph letter signed

ART - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (Paris 1796 - ib., 1875) - Autograph letter signed

Lot 138 · December 2023 - Autographs, Letters & Historical Documents · 05 December 2023
Estimate: £300 - £500
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (Paris 1796 - ib., 1875)Autograph letter signed, dated Paris May 3, 1839, by the French painter, founder of the Barbizon School, in which he communicates to the correspondent the price of one of his paintings: "le prix est de 1000 – mille francs, vous avez la faculté de le prendre chez vous après l'exposition...". 1 page, in-8°. Creases, slight moisture stains. Pencil note (in another hand) at the bottom margin: "campagne de Rome en hiver effet de pluie..." (referring to Corot's painting discussed in the letter: "Campagne de Rome" (1827), at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Angers (France).