Lot 262
  • 262

John Duncan Fergusson, R.B.A.

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Duncan Fergusson, R.B.A.
  • Two Sketches of La Servante, Paris, 1907; Paris Plage; Two Sketches of the Harbour at Cassis; Still Life of a Glass and Bottle
  • all pencil
  • two 20 by 12cm., 8 by 4¾in.; one 20 by 25cm., 8 by 10in.; two 19 by 12cm., 7½ by 4½in.; the other 17 by 14cm., 6¾ by 4½in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist and thence by descent

Condition

There is some time staining and cockling to some of the sheets and in particular to Paris Plage which is a little crumpled and on seemingly thinner paper. However, in general the pictures are in good order. Presented in gilt frames. Unexamined out of frames.
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