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REDOUTÉ, PIERRE-JOSEPH | 'Tulipa Celsiana'. [Paris: ca. 1802-16]
Lot Closed
June 21, 07:43 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
REDOUTÉ, PIERRE-JOSEPH
'Tulipa Celsiana'. [Paris: ca. 1802-16]
Original watercolour on vellum, signed "P.J. Redoute" in ink lower left, framed, matted and glazed. (18 7/8 x 13 1/2 ins., 480 x 343 mm). Vellum text leaf on frame reverse.
From the unique set of "Les Liliacees" acquired from the artist by Empress Josephine.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby's New York, Nov 20, 1985, lot 1, $5,000,000 (for the set, the watercolors then dispersed through lottery by Arader)