ID 696721
Lot 106 | JEAN-PIERRE-LOUIS-LAURENT HOUËL (ROUEN 1735-1813 PARIS)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
An artist sketching a monument with another figure in an imaginary landscape
red chalk, pen and brown ink, red and brown wash, framing lines, watermark fleur-de-lys
7 7⁄8 x 8 1⁄2 in. (17.5 x 21.5 cm.); together with JACQUES-FRANCOIS-JOSEPH SWEBACH-DESFONTAINES (METZ 1769-1823 PARIS), Studies of military costumes, pen and black ink, brown wash, pen and brown ink framing lines, 2 1⁄4 x 6 1⁄4 in. (5.7 x 16.5 cm.)
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Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1988, lot 117.
with Galerie Perrin, Paris, 1989.
Special notice
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| Artist: | Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël (Houel) (1735 - 1813) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Auction house category: | Drawings |
| Artist: | Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël (Houel) (1735 - 1813) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Auction house category: | Drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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