Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Richard Dalton
The Laocoön
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Richard Dalton
(circa 1715 - 1791 London)
The Laocoön
Red chalk over traces of black chalk;
inscribed in black chalk, lower center: Laocoon
signed(?) in brown ink, lower right: Dalton
489 by 321 mm; 19 ¼ by 12 ¾ in.
Forest H. Sweet (1894-1961),
thence by descent to his daughter, Julia Sweet Newman (1925-2012),
thence by descent, until sold to benefit The Manuscript Society,
where acquired by the present owner