Lot 111
  • 111

William Blake Richmond

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • William Blake Richmond
  • Portrait of a Young Lady and Partial Study for a Composition:a double-sided work
  • black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown wove paper.  Together with Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria, Three Studies of Paul and Isabelle Colin: three drawings in one frame, the first inscribed Paul Colin/ par Achille Devéria on verso; the second initialed AD lower left and inscribed Paul Colin/par Achille Devéria on verso; the third inscribed Isabelle Colin/ par Achille Devéria on verso, pencil on wove paper. 4 works.
  • the first 12 7/8 by 16 3/8 in. (irregular); the second 4 1/8 by 3 1/8 in.; the third 3 7/8 by 5 1/8 in.; the fourth 3 7/8 by 3 in.
  • 32.7 by 41.6 cm; 10.5 by 7.9 cm; 9.8 by 7.9 cm; 9.8 by 7.6 cm

Provenance

The first: Anthony d'Offay Fine Art, London
The second, third and fourth: W.M. Brady & Co., New York
Acquired from the above, 1994

Exhibited

The first: Morgan 2001, no. 117
The second: Morgan 2001, no. 98
Yale 2010, no. 18

Condition

The first: In generally good condition aside from surface dirt, handling creases and five obvious hard creases. Not examined out of frame. The second: In generally good condition aside from surface dirt, each with a few minor fox spots. Not examined out of frame.
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