Lot 153
  • 153

Henri Monnier 1805-1877

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Henri Monnier
  • Fleeting love
  • watercolor and gouache with gum arabic on paper. Together with Constantin Guys, The Lady Departs, watercolor on paper. (two works).
  • the first: 6 7/8 in. by 8 1/8 in.
  • 17.5 cm by 20.7 cm.

Provenance

Galerie De Bayser, Paris 

Condition

Monnier: in generally good condition aside from a few small, scattered areas of pigment loss. Guys: in generally good condition aside from tiny rip lower left and some fading due to light. Guys provenance: Christie's, New York, October 29, 1986. 17 3/4 by 12 in. Neither examined out of the frames.
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