Gustave Courbet, 1819 Ornans – 1877 La Tour de Peilz
SOURCE DANS LES ROCHERS
Oil on canvas.
73.5 x 93 cm.
Signed "G. Courbet" lower left.

Enclosed is a copy of an expertise by Jean-Jacques Fernier dated 16 November 2009. According to Mr. Fernier the place depicted is la Grotte Sarrazine in the Ornans area, which is also depicted in another work by Courbet painted in 1864 (No F407 in Cat. Rais.).

The present painting can be dated to about 1872 - 1873, when Courbet was released from prison and went to Ornens, before he went into exile in Switzerland. The composition is illuminated at certain points by the last rays of the sun one day and thus effectively marks the source.
Provenance:
Galerie Wertheim, Berlin, perhaps shown at the Courbet exhibition in September 1931, No. 21
Galerie Heinemann, Munich.
Gallery Aktuaryus, Zurich.
Museum of Art Lucerne (No 740).
Auction: Gallery Fischer, December 1956 (No 2193).
Fondation La Coudre, Friedrich Steffen (1922-2002), collector from Geneva.
Hotel des Ventes, Geneva, December 9, 2009, lot 1294, purchased
there directly from the seller.

Literature:
Will be included in the catalogue raisonné of M. Fernier. (12215625) (13)


Gustave Courbet,
1819 Ornans - 1877 La Tour de Peilz
SOURCE DANS LES ROCHERS
Oil on canvas.
73.5 x 93 cm.
Signed lower left "G. Courbet".

A copy of the expert's report by Jean-Jacques Fernier dated 16 November 2009 is enclosed which identifies the location in the painting with la Grotte Sarrazine in the surroundings of Ornans, France, which is also depicted in other works by Courbet, painted in 1864 (No F407 in Cat. Rais.).

The present painting can be dated to ca. 1872 - 1873,

Provenance:
Galerie Wertheim, Berlin, possibly shown during the Courbet exhibition in September 1931, no. 21
Galerie Heinemann, Munich.
Gallery Aktuaryus, Zurich.
Art Museum Lucerne (no.740).
Auction: Galerie Fischer, December 1956 (no. 2193).
Fondation La Coudre, Friedrich Steffen (1922-2002), Collector from Geneva.
Hotel des Ventes, Geneva, 9 December 2009, lot 1294,
purchased by the consigneur from there.

Literature:
Will be included in catalogue raisonnée by M. Fernier.