Lot 37
Lot 37
Property from the Cornelia Bessie Estate
JACQUES-LOUIS-FRANÇOIS TOUZÉ (Paris 1747-1802)

The duet

    Price Realised USD 1,750
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    JACQUES-LOUIS-FRANÇOIS TOUZÉ (Paris 1747-1802)

    The duet

    Price Realised USD 1,750
    Price Realised USD 1,750
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    JACQUES-LOUIS-FRANÇOIS TOUZÉ (Paris 1747-1802)
    The duet
    black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash
    oval, 41⁄4 x 31⁄2 in. (11 x 8.5 cm)
    Provenance
    Jean Masson (1856-1933), Amiens and Paris (L. 1494a).
    Probably Edmond Fatio (1871-1959), Geneva; sale Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960.
    Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 20 April 1967, lot 152 (£52 to Mrs. Scharf).
    with Schaeffer Galleries, New York.
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    Lot Essay

    In its flowing style, the drawing can be compared to a pair of gallant scenes at the sale Christie’s, New York, 27 January 2016, lot 73 (L.-A. Prat, Le Dessin français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 2017, p. 462).
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