Pierre-Etienne Falconet

Lot 50: Pierre-Etienne Falconet (Paris 1741-1791)

Name: Pierre-Etienne Falconet (Paris 1741-1791)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 99c4577fd1

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 30, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Pierre-Etienne Falconet (Paris 1741-1791) >A young girl, bust-length, in profile, holding an apple <br>black, white and red chalk on blue (discolored) paper >16 58 x 13 1/8 in. (42.2 x 33.4 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Pierre-Etienne Falconet

Exhibited

Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye: Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie Anne Krugier Poniatowski Collection. 1999, no. 69.

Literature

A. DÃ¼ckers, Line, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie Anne Krugier Poniatowski, Berlin, 1999, p. 401. >P. Rylands, The Timeless Eye: Master drawings from the Jan and Marie Anne Krugier Poniatowski Collection, Berlin, 1999, p. 401.

Provenance

with Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York. >Mme d'Ayala.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 10 January 1990, lot 124, where acquired by the present owner.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

Christie's

January 30, 2014, 12:00 AM EST

502 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, US

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