Jules Dupre

* Jules Dupre (French, 1811-1889) The Passing Storm oil on canvas signed J. Dupre (lower right) 12 1/2 x 16 inches. Estimate $ 1,000-2,000 Property from the Estate of Mr. Frank Buttram, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Provenance: Newhouse Galleries, New York, New York Yellowing to varnish; 1 inch tear in center; craqueloure throughout; surface dirt; under UV, milky varnish prohibiting sight of restoration. Otherwise appears in basic good condition. Framed: 16 1/2 x 20 inches.

Jules DUPRÉ (1811-1889) La chaumière du pêcheur Huile sur panneau (parqueté) Signé en bas à gauche 18,5 x 32,5 cm Certificat de Monsieur Schoeller Provenance : Collection Roger et Suzanne Jouve Oil on panel Signed lower left 7 3/10 x 12 4/5 in. An authenticity certificate by Mr Schoeller will be provided to the purchaser

* DUPRÉ, JULES (Nantes 1811 - 1889 L'Isle-Adam) Bords de rivière, bateaux. 1834. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right: Jules Dupré. 1834. 27.5 x 40.3 cm. Provenance: - Collection of William H. Vanderbilt. - William H. Vanderbilt auction, Parke-Bernet New York, 18.-19.4.1945, Lot 48 (copy of catalogue entry available). - European private collection. Literature: - "The William H. Vanderbilt collection of distinguished Barbizon and Genre paintings", Catalogue Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York 1945, No.48, ill p. 28. - Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine: Jules Dupré. 1811-1889. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé, Paris 1974, No.54, ill p. 70. Exhibited: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1902-1907. CHF 16 000.- / 20 000.- € 13 330.- / 16 670.- * DUPRÉ, JULES (Nantes 1811 - 1889 L'Isle-Adam) Bords de rivière, bateaux. 1834. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Jules Dupré. 1834. 27,5 x 40,3 cm. Provenienz: - Sammlung William H. Vanderbilt. - Auktion William H. Vanderbilt, Parke-Bernet New York, 18.-19.4.1945, Los 48 (Kopie des Auktionskatalogeintrages vorhanden). - Europäische Privatsammlung. Literatur: - "The William H. Vanderbilt collection of distinguished Barbizon and Genre paintings", Catalogue Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York 1945, Nr. 48, Abb. S. 28. - Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine: Jules Dupré. 1811-1889. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé, Paris 1974, Nr. 54, Abb. S. 70. Ausstellungen: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1902-1907. Diese Flusslandschaft von besonderer Qualität aus dem Jahr 1834 ist ein seltenes Beispiel für den Übergang der frühen französischen Landschaftsmalerei, die durch die englischen Maler vor allem John Constable und Richard Parkes Bonington beeinflusst wurden, hin zur Pleinairmalerei der Schule von Barbizon. CHF 16 000.- / 20 000.- € 13 330.- / 16 670.-

Lot 358 Jules Dupré (French, 1811-1889) L'abreuvoir or A Farm in Normandy Signed "Jules Dupré" l.l. Oil on canvas, 11 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (30.0 x 46.3 cm), unframed. Condition: Lined, paint losses, retouch, craquelure, yellowed varnish. Provenance: Sotheby's New York: June 6, 2008, Old Master & 19th Century European Art, Lot 123. N.B. Digital photographs of the present painting were reviewed by Cabinet Michel Rodrigue in Paris, who confirmed that the work appears in the Jules Dupré catalogue raisonne as no. 76 bis , under the title L'abreuvoir . A variant of the painting is in the Musée des Beaux-arts de Reims. The landscape shows the influence of John Constable, whose paintings inspired Dupré during the late 1830s. Estimate $1,500-2,500 Small chips of paint losses to l.l. quadrant, with the largest cluster grouped within an area measuring 1 inch square overall, and with two smaller areas of about 1/2 inch each overall. Small dots of retouch covering some of these losses. Retouch also at u.r. corner. Badly discolored varnish which has been removed in the u.r. quadrant in an area measuring 3 x 2 1/2 inches. Paint losses along the outside edge along the stretcher at l.r. and u.r., and wear to the l.l. corner. Craquelure overall.

JULES DUPREE (French, 1811-1889) LANDSCAPE WITH COWS BY A RIVER oil on canvas; signed and dated Dupree 1873 , l.r.; bears several numbers on the verso including 5363, 252, 542 ; bears owners label inscribed Robt. Bradley, 411 Comm. Ave. ; 13 x 18 inches Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stow Bradley, Boston; By descent to the current owner Other Notes: Jules Dupree was an important and influential painter of the French Barbizon school. A friend and contemporary of Theodore Rousseau, Jean-Francois Millet and Gustave Courbet, Dupree spent most of his summers in the 1860's and 70's in the coastal town of Cayeux-Sur-Mer. Estimate $2,000-3,000 Condition: Overall good restored condition; painting has been cut, lined and restretched onto original stretchers; frame appears to be period and original to painting; U.V. shows no sign of 20th century restoration;