Les toits rouges

Oil painting on cardboard glued on canvas
16.5 x 23 cm (6.5 x 9.1 in)

Description:
Elevated view through trees of buildings with red rooftops.

Signature / Inscription:
Unsigned

Provenance:
Auction house: Binoche et Giquello, Paris, France, June 9th 2017, Lot 52, ‘Tableaux anciens - miniatures - objets de vitrine - archéologie - objets d’art et d’ameublement - art moderne - art nouveau’ (Ancient paintings - miniatures - curios - archeology - objects of art and furnishing - modern art - art nouveau) – Public exhibition: Hôtel Drouot, sale 4 (Sold)
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Private collection, France
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Collin du Bocage, Paris, France, June 1st 2011, Lot 6, ‘Tableaux et sculptures impressionnistes, XIXe et modernes’ (Impressionist and 19th century paintings and sculptures) (Titled: 'Le Village' [The Village]) (Attributed to Louis Hayet) (Sold) Notes: (i) A related work is noted in the lot desciption - 'Laundry in Pontoise', 1885 (ii) The size of the owrk is listed as 16 x 23 cm (6.3 x 9.1 in)

Literature:
Guy Dulon, Christophe Duvivier, 'Louis Hayet peintre et théoricien du néo-impressionnisme' (Louis Hayet painter and theorist of neo-impressionism), Éditions Ville de Pontoise and the General Council of Val d'Oise, 1991, reproduced page 58