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Claude-Joseph Vernet
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Claude-Joseph Vernet
- a small masted boat
Pen and brown ink and grey wash over black lead, within brown ink framing lines;
bears initials in brown ink, lower left: VV, and numbering in pencil, lower right: 21;
the name of the boat inscribed on the stern: T.V.DELA.FRA (?)
Condition
Unframed. The sheet has been cut in half horizontally, and repaired on the verso. The upper left corner was also torn, similarly restored. Some small nicks to the edge of the sheet near the lower right corner. The remains of a diagonal fold near the upper left corner, also a horizontal fold across centre. Two light brown circular stains below the upper right corner and some other very small light brown stains near the lower edge. The medium, however, still good and strong.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Comparable to two studies of boats in the same media, one sold in London, Sotheby's, 22 October 1984, lot 298, the other in Paris, Christie's, 23 March 2006, lot 303. The latter was part of the album of drawings by Vernet compiled in Vienna in the early 19th Century and dispersed at a sale in Versailles in 1966 (lot 66).