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Lot 257
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,063
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Lot Description
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).
Red Tailed Hawk [(Plate LI)]
Falco boreali
Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, 1829, on J Whatman Turkey Mill paper watermarked 1828, sheet 37 1/2 x 26 in. (950 x 657 mm), entire sheet backed, a few tears primarily to margin or blank background repaired by backing, sheet trimmed with loss of plate number, some toning or browning, matted and framed.
Low p.52, variant 2
Property from the Estate of Stephen B. Contro, Bassando del Grappa, Italy and Chicago, Illinois