MANCHE (50) - "Château de Grâtot, near COUTANCES (Manche)". 19th century. Original lead pencil drawing by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) heightened with white watercolor, on brown wove paper. Preparatory drawing for the lithograph "Château de Gratot", published in "La Normandie illustrée" in Paris by Charpentier in 1852-54. Located lower left in brown ink. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then Nantes (from 1854). 21.5 x 31.3 cm. Condition B/C (traces of oxidation).
Result
€240
Buyer's premium
30%
MANCHE (50) - "Château de Grâtot, near COUTANCES (Manche)". 19th century. Original lead pencil drawing by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) heightened with white watercolor, on brown wove paper. Preparatory drawing for the lithograph "Château de Gratot", published in "La Normandie illustrée" in Paris by Charpentier in 1852-54. Located lower left in brown ink. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then Nantes (from 1854). 21.5 x 31.3 cm. Condition B/C (traces of oxidation).
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