Lot 549
  • 549

Attributed to Marie-Adélaïde Castellas Moitte

Estimate
500 - 700 USD
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Description

  • Marie-Adélaïde Castellas Moitte
  • Le chat
  • pen and ink on paper
  • sight: 4 7/8 by 5 1/4 in.
  • 12.4 by 13.3 cm
Together with RAYMOND MOREAU CROSBY, Café Scene, pencil on paper, sight: 5 by 8 in. 2 works.

Provenance

Moitte: W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York
Crosby: Davis Galleries, New York

Condition

MARIE-ADÉLAÏDE CASTELLAS MOITTE, Cat Not examined out of the frame. Pen and ink on paper. There may be another drawing on the reverse, as there is a shadow below the sleeping cat. Surface dirt, fading. Framed and ready to hang. RAYMOND MOREAU CROSBY, Café Scene: Not examined out of the frame. The sheet is unevenly trimmed; there are losses visible in the current framing at the lower corners and the upper left corner. Fading, surface dirt, handling creases. Framed and ready to hang.
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