. Illustrated catalogue of the valuable paintings and other art property recently contained in the William Schaus Art Galleries, Fifth Avenue, New York . No. 287- HENRI HARPIGNIES FRENCH (1819- ) THE BROOK Height, :>- inchesj width, , inches. A brook, streaked with blue and white reflections, comes sliding down betweenmossy hanks to the left of the foreground. On the left bank, side by side, aretwo trees, clothed at the top with tufts of foliage that show softly againstthe blue of the upper sky. The ground behind them slopes up to the left, itsedge being interrupted by two bush
. Illustrated catalogue of the valuable paintings and other art property recently contained in the William Schaus Art Galleries, Fifth Avenue, New York . No. 287- HENRI HARPIGNIES FRENCH (1819- ) THE BROOK Height, :>- inchesj width, , inches. A brook, streaked with blue and white reflections, comes sliding down betweenmossy hanks to the left of the foreground. On the left bank, side by side, aretwo trees, clothed at the top with tufts of foliage that show softly againstthe blue of the upper sky. The ground behind them slopes up to the left, itsedge being interrupted by two bushes. In the middle distance stands a youngbirch, which is crossed at the back by a thicker trunk, wreathed with ivy. Signed and dated at the left of the lower center, II. Harpignies, JEAN CHARLES CAZIN FRENCH (18401900) No. 288- THE THAW Height, 32% inches} length, .).)., niches The desolate foreground is tufted with grayish-buff tussets of dead growth,between which the snow has partially melted, discovering patches of yellow-green mossy grass. At the extreme right is a square pile of what may bestones, overtopped by a scraggy hush. The dunes recede to a long level reachof elevated ground, on which, as it begins to slope down at the right, appearsan obelisk or lighthouse. The slope, in the intervals between the snow, iscolored, variously, green and sapphire-blue, fawn and cream. The onlv signof life is eight birds flying at the left of the rosy drab sky. Signed at the lower right, J. C. Cazik.
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