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Lot 1009

Three Figural British and French Watercolors

Estimate: $500 - $700

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(19th century)Laundresses, signed indistinctly lower right and dated "1845", French, gouache on paper, sight 16-3/4 x 17-1/8 in.; Women on a Villa Terrace, signed at bottom middle "Ch. Lecointe 1872" (French, 1824-1886), watercolor, image 6-1/2 x 10 in.; Cottage, sight 7 x 9-1/4 in.; gilt wood frames, largest, 20 x 20-3/8 in., Provenance: Collection from an Important American Family

Condition

"Laundresses" with tears, stains, "Cottage" with smudge and retouch left, "Villa" with toning; frames with abrasions, largest period with losses to gilt surface
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