Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Premier Auction

Sat, Feb 5, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 454

Claude Joseph Vernet

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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, 1714-1789)

Woman Washing in a Stream, signed in ink lower right "Vernet", collector's stamp lower left "DB" (Lugt 729b), stamp for Sale II, Galerie Georges Petit, 1926, "M.P No. 1", harp stamp (Lugt 2859d) for an unidentified collector, black chalk on light green laid paper, sheet 14-3/8 x 11-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 22-1/4 x 18-7/8 in.

Provenance: Ex-collection Jacques Auguste Boussac, sold at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 10-11, 1926 (stamps); Collection of Charles Sterling, Curator of Paintings at the Louvre; by descent to Catherine Sterling, Gallerie Estranger, St. Remy de Provence, France, purchased circa 1990s (her label verso); Private Georgia Collection

Condition

light toning at edges, hinged in; frame with wear