Swann Galleries - A Collector’s Vision: Works on Paper from the Belle Époque & Beyond - Sale 2412, Part I - April 28, 2016

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7 ● PIERRE PARROCEL
An Ecclesiastical Scene (The Investiture of the Carthusians or The Baptism of Clovis).
Black chalk with white chalk heightening and pencil on bluish tan laid paper. 375x490
mm; 143/4x19 1/4 inches. Ex-collection Henri Delacroix (Lugt 3604, lower left recto).
Purchased Mia N.Weiner, NewYork, 1988. [5,000/8,000]
8 ● GEORGES FRANÇOIS BLONDEL
Imaginary View of a Church in Ruins .
Red chalk on cream laid paper. 345x263 mm; 131/2x101/2 inches. Purchased C. & J. Goodfriend
Drawings and Prints, NewYork, 1984.
There is a similar red chalk drawing by Blondel (1705-1774) at the Musée Magnin, Dijon.
[2,000/3,000]
9 ● FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH-CENTURY
Italianate Scene with Roman Ruins and a Renaissance Palace .
Red chalk on cream laid paper. 275x405 mm; 10 7/8 x16 inches. PurchasedWilliam H. Schab
Gallery, NewYork, 1987, catalogue 67, number 5 (formerly attributed to Hubert Robert).
[2,000/3,000]
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