Sale 1157
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$4,000 – $6,000
(La leçon de harpe)
Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Valori sale, 25-26 November 1907, Lot 222
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Anonymous sale, 22 February 1937
H.W. Calmann, Old Master Drawings, cat. 1953, no. 2
Private Collection
Perrin, Paris, October 1989
(Personnages de fête villageoise)
Provenance:
Private Collection
Perrin, Paris, October 1989
First framed: 16 3/4 x 18 inches; second framed: 15 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches. Glazed, matted and housed in giltwood frames.
La leçon de harpe
Sheet: 6 x 7 1/2 inches.
Sheet is glued around the edges to a secondary support sheet, but does not appear to be fully laid down; moderate toning commensurate with age throughout; small blue collector’s stamp is visible in lower right corner; lower and upper left corners exhibit small glue stains; one pinpoint foxing stain in upper center edge. Otherwise appears to be in overall good and stable condition.
Personnages de fête villageoise
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches.
Sheet is glued around the edges to a secondary support sheet, but does not appear to fully laid down; two small repairs are visible in the upper left corner and upper center edge; minor toning commensurate with age throughout, with one area of uneven toning from a previous corner mount in the upper right corner; moderate soiling along the lower edge; one pinpoint foxing stain in upper right corner. Otherwise appears to be in overall stable condition.
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