Lot 43
  • 43

Charles-Jules Lucien Mayen

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • Charles-Jules Lucien Mayen
  • Portrait of a gentleman
  • signed, dated and inscribed a mon bon ami Neumayer / souvenir affecteux / C. Mayen / Paris 1872 lower right
  • watercolor and gouache on paper
  • sight: 10 3/8 by 6 in.
  • 26.4 by 15.2 cm
Together with ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL GAVARNI, Standing Jester seen from the rear, pen and ink on paper. 2 works.

Provenance

Mayen: Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London

Exhibited

Mayen: London, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Nineteenth Century French Drawings, June 15-July 15, 1988, no. 27

Condition

MAYEN: Not examined out of the frame. Sheet has surface dirt and dust. There are some pencil marks evident in the background. Potential pinprick at the lower left corner. In overall very good condition and ready to hang. GAVARNI: Not examined out of the frame. The ink has faded to brown. There is rippling and minor handling creases across the sheet. Surface dirt. In overall good condition and ready to hang. Sight: 7 1/2 by 3 3/4 in.
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