Lot 820
  • 820

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
  • View of the Pont Neuf and the Imprimerie Nationale
  • one signed and inscribed in Latin, dated IV 1929 l.l. and stamped on reverse with inventory stamp; the other indistinctly dated l.l.; signed with initials and inscribed in Latin on reverse
  • watercolour over pencil on paper
  • 29.5 by 40.7cm, 11 3/4 by 16in; 10.2 by 17.2cm, 4 by 6 3/4 in.

Condition

Pont Neuf: The sheet has been laid down onto a cardboard mount. There are small pieces of mounting tape to the corners and edges. Unframed. Imprimerie: The sheet is sound with a small loss in the lower left hand corner (covered by the mount). The artist has indicated in pencil throughout this sketch the names of the watercolour pigments used to complete the sketch. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

The chimney of the Imprimerie Nationale is painted from the window of Benois' apartment at 2 rue Auguste Vitu in Paris.