The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn
The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER | HALF LENGTH STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN, LOOKING DOWN TO THE RIGHT
Auction Closed
October 14, 09:49 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER
Paris 1703 - 1770
HALF LENGTH STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN, LOOKING DOWN TO THE RIGHT
Red chalk heightened with white chalk, the upper left corner made up;
bears old attribution in brown ink, lower right: f Boucher
7½ by 6½ in.; 195 by 170 mm.
With the mounter's mark of François Renaud (L.1042);
Charles Frédéric Soehnée, his inscription on the mount: Ch. fréd. Soehnée. / acheté ce fevrier 1818. / (12 Dess);
Sale, London, Christie's, 6-7 July 1987, lot 54
A. Ananoff and D. Wildenstein, François Boucher, Paris 1976, vol. II, pp. 29-30, no. 331/2, p. 29, fig. 331/2, reproduced and p. 87, no. 384/4, reproduced