Lots 374 - 429: Property from the Collection of A. Alfred Taubman
French School, circa 1786
Design for a School of Navigation
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January 25, 09:59 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
French School, circa 1786
Design for a School of Navigation
Pen and black ink and gray wash, over pencil, within black ink framing lines
188 by 642 mm; 7½ by 25¼ in. (sight size)
Michel Gaud,
sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 20 June 1987, lot 218
sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 20 June 1987, lot 218
This plan can be identified with the September 1786 meeting of the Academy of Architecture, the subject of which was a School of Navigation (see J. M. Perouse de Monclos, Concours de l’Academie Royale d’Architecture au XVIIIe Siecle, pp. 198-199).
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