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François Boucher
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description
- François Boucher
- Three designs for prints: a) a sultana reading in the harem; b) an audience before the Grand Turk; c) eunuchs bringing a blindfold to a prisoner
- Each black chalk and stumping on vellum;
b) bears inscription in an 18th century hand: F-Boucher Turcs admis à l'audience du gd seigneur
Provenance
a)
J.-D. Lempereur,
his sale, Paris, 24 May ff. 1773, part of lot 545;
sale, Paris, Daguerre, 2 December 2009, lot 103
b)
J.-D. Lempereur,
his sale, Paris, 24 May ff. 1773, part of lot 544;
sale, Paris, Daguerre, 2 December 2009, lot 104
c)
J.-D. Lempereur,
his sale, Paris, 24 May ff., 1773
sale, Paris, Daguerre, 2 December 2009, lot 105
J.-D. Lempereur,
his sale, Paris, 24 May ff. 1773, part of lot 545;
sale, Paris, Daguerre, 2 December 2009, lot 103
b)
J.-D. Lempereur,
his sale, Paris, 24 May ff. 1773, part of lot 544;
sale, Paris, Daguerre, 2 December 2009, lot 104
c)
J.-D. Lempereur,
his sale, Paris, 24 May ff., 1773
sale, Paris, Daguerre, 2 December 2009, lot 105
Condition
Each of these three drawings are on a white vellum, laid down on a cardboard that is attached by the four margins to a Mariette-style modern mount.
The vellum is in almost perfect condition, the medium is fresh and vibrant.
Sold unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
These are the preparatory designs for three chapter headings, part of series of nineteen illustrations by Boucher, engraved by Claude Duflos, for Moeurs et Usages des Turcs..., by Jean-Antoine Guer, published in two volumes by Coustellier, Paris 1746. The prints are in reverse to the present drawings. For images of the prints, see P. Jean-Richard, L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher..., Paris 1978, p. 231ff., nos. 879, 895, 896, all reproduced. All Boucher's preparatory drawings, like this on vellum, were included in the Lempereur sale.
a) appears as the heading to vol. I, book 3, p. 352, a chapter on the character of the Turks;
b) appears as the heading to vol. II, book 8, p. 283, a chapter dedicated to Ottoman splendor;
c) appears as the heading to vol. II, book 9, p. 335, a chapter dedicated to Turkish domestic policy
Several drawings related to the figure of the Sultana reading are recorded in P. Jean-Richard, loc. cit. Alastair Laing points out that the figure was inspired by an earlier Boucher drawing of the subject in trois crayons which Count Tessin sent back to Sweden.1
1. A. Laing, The Drawings of François Boucher, exhib. cat., New York, The Frick Collection, et al., 2003-4, p. 120, in note to no. 39
a) appears as the heading to vol. I, book 3, p. 352, a chapter on the character of the Turks;
b) appears as the heading to vol. II, book 8, p. 283, a chapter dedicated to Ottoman splendor;
c) appears as the heading to vol. II, book 9, p. 335, a chapter dedicated to Turkish domestic policy
Several drawings related to the figure of the Sultana reading are recorded in P. Jean-Richard, loc. cit. Alastair Laing points out that the figure was inspired by an earlier Boucher drawing of the subject in trois crayons which Count Tessin sent back to Sweden.1
1. A. Laing, The Drawings of François Boucher, exhib. cat., New York, The Frick Collection, et al., 2003-4, p. 120, in note to no. 39