Auction on
03 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The provenance, size, quality and subject matter of this pastel by Millet should arouse plenty of interest.
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), Un paysan se reposant sur sa bêche dans son champ (A Farmer Resting on His Spade in His Field, front) and Études de femmes nues, de bras et de jambes (Studies of Female Nudes, Arms and Legs, back), pastel and black pencil, 37.5 x 47 cm/14.76 x 18.50 in. Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), Un paysan se reposant sur sa bêche dans son champ (A Farmer Resting on His Spade in His Field, front) and Études de femmes nues, de bras et de jambes (Studies of Female Nudes, Arms and Legs, back), pastel and black pencil, 37.5 x 47 cm/14.76 x 18.50 in. Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Our pastel might fetch six figures. The last time a work by Jean-François Millet reached such heights was in the mid-1990s (source: Artnet). Our large, two-sided drawing is likely to spark the envy of some and the curiosity of many more. It bears comparison to Bêcheur au repos ( Farmer with a Spade at Rest ), an 1874 etching…
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