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Cabbages, leeks, carrots! The Holland, the new, at 5 pennies a quarter! Green peas! The hoarse voice
of the vegetable seller reaches the upper levels of houses: people lean over the windows.
– HENRI GRÉVILLE, “LES PETITES MARCHANDES DES RUES,” i n LES TYPES DE PARIS
11 Victor-Gabriel Gilbert
F R E N C H , 1 8 4 7 — 1 9 3 3
UN MARCHÉ PARISIEN
signed V Gilbert and dated 1878 (lower left)
oil on panel
24 by 18 ¹/₄ in. (61 by 46.3 cm.)
PR O V E N A NC E
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, May 22, 1991, lot 73 (as Le Marché aux
légumes)
Sale: Christie’s, New York, October 29, 2003, lot 146
MacConnal-Mason, London
Private Collection (and sold Sotheby’s New York, April 18, 2008, lot 108
Private Collection, California (acquired at the above sale)
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