ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN FRANÇOIS MILLET (French, 1814-1875). WORKING IN THE HAYFIELD, signed lower left. Charcoal - Framed: 6 5/8 in. x 12 1/4 in. Estimate $8,000-10,000
PROVENANCE: Vincent Price Collection Purchased at Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA, circa 1991 Descended in the family of the purchaser
Paper is yellowed with scattered small dots of foxing. Sheet is taped at four corners and at lower center to a second sheet, which is hinged to mat at upper left and upper right corners. Soft diagonal crease in paper near lower right corner. Small quarter-inch tear near lower left corner. One small lightened area near left center edge and few very small light spots in sky.