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Sat, Mar 19, 2016 09:00AM EDT - Mon, Mar 21, 2016 09:00AM EDT
Lot 532

Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Bid Increments

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$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, 1803-1886) Marine et personnages, le naufrage, (0,596 x 0,812 mm), circa 1836, signed lower left "E. Isabey", oil on canvas, 23-1/2 x 32 in.; 19th century gilt wood and composition frame; Provenance: A.B. Meyer, Parke-Bernet, New York, November 15, 1923, no. 17; Old label verso "Green Collection"; Said to have been purchased at the Galleries of Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, circa 1924; Private Atlanta, Georgia Collection; Notes: This lot is likely No. 1070 in the catalogue raisonne. The dimensions and description match. Literature: Miguel Pierre, Eugene Isakey 1803-1886; La Marine an XIX siecle, Mans-la-Jolie: 1980, Editions de la Martinette, pg 198, No. 1070

Condition

lined with paste and linen, some cleavage and flaking lower right, small points of retouch lower left at abrasions, crackle; frame with abrasions and minor losses to composition