Lot 148
  • 148

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • James Jacques Joseph Tissot
  • En plein soleil (W. 54)
  • Drypoint and etching
  • plate: 196 by 296 mm 7 3/4 by 11 5/8 in
  • sheet: 305 by 478 mm 12 by 18 7/8 in
Drypoint and etching, 1881, signed in pencil, with the artist's red monogram stamp (Lugt 1545), one of circa 100 impressions, on laid paper, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Michael Wentworth, with his collector's stamp on the recto, sold Sotheby's London, March 25, 1998, lot 298.

Condition

The print is in good condition. Slight mat-stain in the margins of the sheet, the extreme edges slightly discolored. A small loss in the upper right and left corners of the sheet. A few tiny fox marks. The verso in good condition with faint mat-stain, discoloration at extreme edges and tiny scattered fox marks.
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