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Premier Auction | Session III

Sat, Dec 7, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1675

Auguste Amant Constant FidŠle Edouart

Estimate: $600 - $900

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
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(French, 1789-1861)two silhouette portraits: seated man with book, signed "Aug Edouart, fecit.1831.", cut out black ink paper on cream wove paper with lithographic background, applied labels verso read, Nathaniel Gilman Exeter N.H" and handwritten "Nath Gilman Exeter", 10 x 6-1/2 in.(sight); seated woman wearing bonnet, signed "Aug. Edouart fecit 1842 Boston U.S.", cut out black ink paper on cream wove paper with lithographic and watercolor background, 10 x 6-1/2 in. (sight); both with probably original burl veneer frames, approximately 14-14 x 10-3/4 in. ; Provenance: Estate of Gail W. Dane, Delray Beach, Florida

Condition

he with some foxing, she with water stain upper right, wear to gilt on frame, abrasions