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Premier Auction - Session I - July 14, 2023

Fri, Jul 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 465

Adolphe Monticelli

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

 (French, 1824-1886) 

An Elegant Party in a Garden, signed lower right faintly "Monticelli", oil on oval panel, 26 x 21 in.; fine original gilt wood and composition frame, Arthur Tooth & Sons label, 39-1/4 x 34-1/2 in.

Condition

cradled, splits with repairs and some related retouch, yellowed varnish, some abrasions; frame with some wear commensurate with age

Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania