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Benoît Blanc
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Benoît Blanc
- Madame Léonie Bouchage
- Black chalk with stumping on cream wove paper;
signed and dated center right: Sergines, Juin 1858 / Benoni Blanc; inscribed, verso: Mme Leone Bouchage, / epouse de Mr Arthur Bouchage, / receveur de l'Enregistrement et des domains, / a Sergines, (Yoine) / Portrait fait a Sergines, en Juin 1858, / par B. Blanc de Gemenos, pres Marseille, (Provence)
Provenance
With Richard Day Ltd., London, An Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, at E.J. Landrigan, Inc., New York, 1988, no. 47;
From whom acquired in 1988 by Charles Ryskamp,
his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2011, lot 22
From whom acquired in 1988 by Charles Ryskamp,
his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2011, lot 22
Exhibited
New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, The World Observed: Five Centuries of Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp, 2001, no. 100;
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Varieties of Romantic Experience. British, Danish, Dutch, French and German Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp, 2010, no. 155
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Varieties of Romantic Experience. British, Danish, Dutch, French and German Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp, 2010, no. 155
Condition
This work is mounted at all 4 corners and in generally good condition. There is evidence along the right and bottom edges of a 1/4 inch lighter area, probably hidden by an earlier matting. There is surface dirt and some light staining throughout.
Sold mounted and framed in a modern guilded and wooden frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.