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Emporium Auction - March 23, 2023

Thu, Mar 23, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 251

Attributed to Auguste Amant Constant Fidele Edouart

Estimate: $400 - $600

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, 1789–1861)

 

Seated Gentleman Holding New Orleans Newspaper, unsigned, ink cutout on cream paper, sight 8-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.; Birdseye maple frame, 11-3/8 x 11-3/8 in.

Literature: Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844 by Andrew Oliver, Virginia: The University Press of Virginia, 1977, page 320 (similar example).

Condition

slight loss to ink cutout, anomaly at raised ankle

Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia