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Lot Description

Jean-François Millet

(French, 1814-1875)

Peasants Unloading Sacks From a Horse

charcoal on paper

stamped J.F.M. (lower right)

8 x 6 3/8 inches.

Provenance:
Leicester Galleries, London
Major G.H.F. Abraham, London
Sold: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1987, Lot 559
Sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 26, 2006, Lot 301
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:
London, Leicester Galleries, 1956

Lot note:
Peasants Unloading Sacks from a Horse was drawn by Jean-François Millet during the years just before or after his move from Paris to the village of Barbizon in 1849. The work is a preparatory study for a finished composition of farmers carrying grain into a mill or a granary, one version of which has been lost since early in the 20th century; the second version was sold in New York in the 1980s.

Condition Report

Framed: 17 3/4 x 15 inches.

The sheet is affixed to backing along four edges. The upper and right edges are frayed from having been torn from a larger sheet. The sheet is buckling along lower edge. A possible previous cleaning near the lower edge. Toning from mat along left edge.

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