Sale 20OM01 | Lot 67

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Catalogue: Old Master and Nineteenth Century Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture

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Lot 67
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19th/20th Century
A Collection of Thirty-two (32) Botanical Studies
Twenty-nine (29) sheets signed A. Descubes; many extensively inscribed with notes on the various subjects
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper
Each approximately 17 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (45.1 x 27.3 cm)

Provenance:
Collection of the Imperial Institute Library of Bombai, Mumbai
C. Duncan Connelly Fine Art, Atlanta

The signature A. Descubes is probably that of Alexandre Descubes (circa 1850-1920), a Mauritian cartographer and botanical artist apparently of French colonial descent, who worked in British India.

C Estate of Pauline Ireland, Birmingham, Alabama

Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000

Sold for $16,250 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Not all examined out of frame. The sheets are mounted in the corners, some with stains from adhesive showing through paper. Paper is toned in most of the works; some of the works have scattered spots of foxing; a few with small tears at the extreme edges. Some with relatively light creases and some where paper is rippling slightly. A few works laid to secondary sheet.

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Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000

Sold for $16,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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Old Master and Nineteenth Century Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture

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