Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

François Boucher

Studies of legs and a torso

Estimate

18,000 - 22,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

François Boucher

(Paris 1703 - 1770)

Studies of legs and a torso

Black chalk and stumping heightened with white chalk, on buff paper

225 by 287 mm

Possibly Jean-Denis Lempereur (1701-1779), Paris,

his sale, Chariot et Joullain, Paris, 19 October 1775, Lot 110, "Cinq, don't un étude de Saint Jean";

Private collection, France

Possibly A. Ananoff and D. Wildenstein, François Boucher, II, Lausanne 1976, p. 63, no. 361.2

November (Slaughtering Pigs)

Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Homme agenouillé près d'une figure allongée

Estimate: 18,000 - 24,000 GBP

The Head of a Fourteen-Year Old Girl, in Profile to the Left

Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 GBP

A Herdsman and Dog with Cows and Sheep, beside Ruins

Estimate: 7,000 - 9,000 GBP

A mountainous landscape with a waterfall

Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Study of a Tree

Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Recto: Study for the figure in the foreground of the ‘Raft of Medusa’ and other related subsidiary studies Verso: Study of a Postilion

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Study of a reclining male nude

Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP

A landscape with travelers on a road leading to a seaport

Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 GBP

Head and shoulders study of a young woman with long, dark hair

Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP