Lot 66
  • 66

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille
  • Le Spahi
  • signed and dated Ed. Detaille/1901 lower left

  • watercolor on cream card.  Together with Franz Skarbina, German Soldier, signed and dated 1884 upper left, watercolor over pencil on paper. 2 works.

  • the first 11 1/4 by 6 7/8 in.; the second 14 by 9 1/4 in.
  • 28.3 by 17.4 cm; 35.6 by 23.5 cm

Provenance

The first: Robert Noortman Gallery, London
Sotheby's, London, 22-23 June 1988, lot 706
W.M. Brady & Co., New York
The second: Dr. Martin Moeller Kunsthandel, Hamburg
Acquired from the above, 2004

Exhibited

The first: Morgan 2001, no. 113

Condition

The first: In generally good condition aside from faint mat stain, faint light stain, surface dirt and an acid mat. Not examined out of frame. The second: In generally good condition aside from faint light stain, surface dirt, pigment along right edge, a few spots of discoloration left edge. Not examined out of frame.
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