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Emporium & Humber Family Collection Auction

Fri, Feb 4, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 97

Two Old Master Drawings

Estimate: $200 - $400

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

(18th century or style)

Cartoon for a classical painting, inscribed verso "Simon Zug/(1733-1807)", Simon Gottlieb Zug (or Szymon Bogumi? Zug, Polish/German 1733-1807), also inscribed verso in ink "Mesner", pencil on laid paper with a Basler staff (likely 18th century) watermark, 14-1/4 x 8-3/4 in.; Follower of Fran‡ois Boucher (French, 1703?1770), Three Putti, unsigned, red chalk on laid paper, 12-1/4 x 9-1/8 in.; framed, largest, 23-1/2 x 20-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Kingsport, Tennessee

Condition

"cartoon" with tape and adhesive residue at top verso, taped in at top, inscriptions verso; "Putti" with thin, uneven spots in paper, light toning at edges, small stain, handling creases, pencil inscriptions verso

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