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Jean-Baptiste Mallet

Burning the Letters

No reserve

Live auction begins on:

February 8, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Bid

1 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jean-Baptiste Mallet

Grasse 1759 - 1835 Paris

Burning the Letters


signed and dated lower right: Mallet / 1832

oil on panel

panel: 16 x 13 in.; 40.6 x 33.0 cm

framed: 20 ¾ x 17 ⅝ in.; 52.7 x 44.8 cm

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's 4 June 1975, lot 216;

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's 8 February 1982, lot 104;

Deane F. Johnson (d. 1999), Beverly Hills;

By whose estate sold, Property from the Collection of the Late Deane F. Johnson, Sold to Benefit the Johnson Charitable Remainder Unitrust and the Deane F. Johnson Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Christie's New York, 26 January 2005, lot 78;

Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.