Lot 145
  • 145

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • James Jacques Joseph Tissot
  • Mavourneen (W. 31)
  • Drypoint and etching
  • plate: 370 by 200 mm 14 5/8 by 7 7/8 in
  • sheet: 459 by 277 mm 18 1/8 by 10 7/8 in
Drypoint and etching, 1877, signed in ink (faded), dedicated 'a M. Gaulding', inscribed 'Coll. F. Goulding Imp.' in pencil, one of circa 100 impressions, on De Erven de Blauw laid paper, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Michael Wentworth, with his collector's stamp on the recto, sold Sotheby's, London, March 25, 1998, lot 281.

Condition

The print is in good condition. Very slight discoloration in the margins of the sheet. A 1/4 inch paper fault faintly visible in the lower left hand corner. The verso showing slight discoloration and a few possible fox marks.
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Catalogue Note

Wentworth notes that "This portrait of Mrs. Newton (was) one of the most popular of Tissot's prints during his lifetime. The title of the print refers to the Victorian song Kathleen Mavourneen, a pseudo-Irish cri d'adieu that enjoyed perennial popularity, and was presumably intended as a tribute to Mrs. Newton's status as une de ces ravissantes irlandaise."