Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin
Study of a seated man reading, with a cat on his lap
No reserve
Lot Closed
October 22, 04:53 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin
1724 - 1780
Study of a seated man reading, with a cat on his lap
Black chalk;
bears the remains of an old attribution, lower left: St Aubin
171 by 107 mm; 6¾ by 4¼ in.
Jean Dubois, Paris;
sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 7 May 1901, lot 39;
Dr. Paul Oulmont, Paris;
with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London;
Leon Levy, New York;
Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York,
his sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 5-9 June 1979, lot 83,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 7 May 1901, lot 39;
Dr. Paul Oulmont, Paris;
with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London;
Leon Levy, New York;
Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York,
his sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 5-9 June 1979, lot 83,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
E. Dacier, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, peintre, dessinateur et graveur, Paris and Brussels 1931, vol. II, p. 62, no. 407 (4);
M. Sharp Young, "Art Across North America: Outstanding Exhibitions", Apollo, December 1975, p. 469, fig. 1, reproduced
M. Sharp Young, "Art Across North America: Outstanding Exhibitions", Apollo, December 1975, p. 469, fig. 1, reproduced