Mer dechaînée bears a signature 'G.Courbet' (lower right) oil on canvas 103 x 155.5cm (40 9/16 x 61 1/4in).
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Footnotes
We are grateul to Jean-Jacques Fernier for confirming the attribution to Louis-Augustin Auguin after a first-hand inspection.
This work will be included in Volume III of the Catalogue Raisonné Critique par Thèmes of The Work of Gustave Courbet and his Collaborators to be published by the Fondation Wildenstein as:
Louis-Augustin Auguin (1824-1903) circa 1862-63 Painted under the active influence of Gustave Courbet when staying with him at Port Berteau in Saintonge.