Lot 149
  • 149

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • James Jacques Joseph Tissot
  • Soirée d'été (W. 56)
  • Drypoint and etching
  • plate: 232 by 397 mm 9 1/8 by 15 5/8 in
  • sheet: 351 by 450 mm 13 7/8 by 17 3/4 in
Drypoint and etching, 1882, signed in pencil, with the artist's red monogram stamp (Lugt 1545), one of circa 100 impressions, on laid paper, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Michael Wentworth, with his collector's stamp on the recto, sold Sotheby's London, March 25, 1998, lot 297.

Condition

The print is in good condition. With two 1/4 inch vertical repaired tears visible at upper left and center of the sheet. Faint mat-stain visible around the edges of margins. An occasional stray fox mark. The upper left and right corners with slight discoloration and soft creasing. Inscribed in pencil 'B.47' in the lower right hand corner. The verso in good condition with slight surface soiling, mat-stain and occasional inconspicuous fox mark.
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