Lot 43
Lot 43
A WEDDING PRESENT FROM TOM PARR: Gaspare Galliari (1761-1823)

A stage design for a garden with terrace and staircase (i)

Price Realised GBP 875
Estimate
GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800
Closed: 24 Sep 2020
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A WEDDING PRESENT FROM TOM PARR: Gaspare Galliari (1761-1823)

A stage design for a garden with terrace and staircase (i)

Price Realised GBP 875
Closed: 24 Sep 2020
Price Realised GBP 875
Closed: 24 Sep 2020
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A WEDDING PRESENT FROM TOM PARR:
Gaspare Galliari (1761-1823)
A stage design for a garden with terrace and staircase (i)
titled 'Giardino con vista di teraza e scalinato' (upper centre); together with 18th century English school, Arcadian view (ii)
pencil, ink and grey wash on paper (i), watercolour and grey wash on paper (ii)
658 x 858 in. (16.8 x 22 cm.) (i), 10 x 1334 in. (52.5 x 35 cm.) (ii)
two
Provenance
The Galliari: Possibly with Charles Loeser, Florence.
Possibly with the Seiferheld Gallery, New York.
A wedding present to H.R.H. The Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon from Tom Parr (1930-2011), wedding present no. 41.
Literature
The Galliari: R. Muir, ‘Double Exposure: Lord Snowdon’s Kensington Villa’, World of Interiors, January 2009, p. 150, illustrated in Lord Snowdon’s bathroom.
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