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Claude-Louis Châtelet
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Claude-Louis Châtelet
- Mountain Landscape with Waterfall
- Point of the brush and gray wash heightened with white within double brown ink framing lines on blue paper;
bears indistinct inscription of the location in brown ink lower left
Provenance
Sale, New York, Christie's, 22 January 2004, part of lot 212,
where purchased by the present owner
where purchased by the present owner
Condition
Hinged to mount at upper margin. Overall in good condition. Some light brown staining, barely visible, more concentrated in the upper section of the sheet. Some of white heightening in the waterfall has oxidized. Tiny holes in all four corners of sheet. Medium fresh and strong and blue paper has retained its color.
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.
Catalogue Note
This drawing may have been made as part of a series of Swiss views by Châtelet, a number of which were engraved for the Tableaux de la Suisse, published in Paris by Laborde and Zurlauben in 1781-6.