Lot 176
  • 176

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • James Jacques Joseph Tissot
  • Le dimanche matin (Wentworth 72)
  • Drypoint on cream laid paper
  • plate: 403 by 193 mm 15 7/8 by 7 5/8 in
  • sheet: 477 by 307 mm 18 3/4 by 12 1/8 in
Drypoint and etching, 1883, signed in pencil, with the artist's red monogram stamp (Lugt 1545), on laid paper with the Rives watermark

Provenance

Ex coll. Mr. and Mrs. J. Duncan Pitney;
Bequeathed to the Newark Museum, 1979.

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. Pale mat-stain with unobtrusive scuffs in the top margin. A 1/4 inch repaired tear in the bottom sheet edge at bottom. The verso, toned with two adhesive stains and two hinge remnants.
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