Provenance

Léon Orosdi

French, died c. 1923

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A young woman reclines and reads a book near a stream that winds through a wooded landscape in this horizontal painting. Painted with rich pine green, trees tower along the riverbanks and fill most of the painting. The olive-colored water seems to have cut straight down over time, creating high banks painted with tones of caramel and honey brown. Steel and slate-gray boulders are scattered in intervals near the river. Deep in the hazy blue distance, mountains line the horizon, which comes halfway up the composition. In the lower left corner of the painting, close to the river, the woman lies on her stomach as she props herself up on her elbows to read. She has pale white skin and her long, dark hair falls over her shoulders. Her white shirt hangs low over her shoulders, and her rose-pink skirt falls just short of her bare feet.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.109

Forest of Fontainebleau

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot · 1834 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.109

Bibliography

1923

  • Catalogue des tableaux, aquarelles, pastels...composant la collection de feu Léon Orosdi Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 May 1923