Lot 128: ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS-JEAN DESPREZ | View of the construction of the Pont de Château-Thierry

Pen and black ink and watercolour, over traces of black chalk, within a decorative black ink and blue wash border, on two joined sheets;
bears signature in the border, lower left: DESPREE DEL. and possible numbering: 3.

335 by 828 mm

Pen and black ink and watercolour, over traces of black chalk, within a decorative black ink and blue wash border, on two joined sheets;<br />bears signature in the border, lower left: <em>DESPREE DEL.</em> and possible numbering: <em>3.</em>

Laid down on paper. There is some slight discolouration to the sheet, most notably to the upper edge. There are two vertical crease marks where the two sheets have been joined . The border is in somewhat of a distressed state, with losses throughout, this however does not affect the main image at all. The medium is reasonably fresh throughout.
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New York, New York Cultural Center, Collectors Anonymous; Four Private New York Collections, 1972

R. de La Coste-Messelière et al, Sous le signe de la coquille. Chemins de Saint-Jacques et pèlerins, Château-Thierry et sa région, exhib. cat., Château-Thierry, Musée Jean de La Fontaine, p. 8, no. 3

With Seiferheld and Co., New York, before 1972