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Alexandre Dumas [the Younger] Sale.
See original version (French)
147
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Alexandre Dumas [the Younger] Sale.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €100
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre Dumas [the Younger] Sale. Catalogue of ancient and modern paintings, watercolours, drawings and pastels comprising the collection of Mr Alexandre Dumas, to be sold at public auction at the Hôtel Drouot… Paris, Tual and Chevalier Auctioneers, 1892.
Folio size, modern cloth binding, covers intact.
175 pp., 15 plates.
Interesting introductory essay, ‘Alexandre Dumas the Collector’ by Charles Yriarte. 211 lots described.
Among the artists collected by Dumas the Younger: Achard, Ed. de Beaumont, Benjamin-Constant, Boilly, Boudin, Butin, Chardin, Corot (10 items), Couture, Daubigny, Delacroix (5 items), Jules Dupré (7 items), Fromentin, Géricault, Goupil, Greuse, Mlle Guillard, Isabey, Jules Lefebvre, Meissonier (3 works), Nattier, Nittis, Prud’hon, Mlle de Romani, Th. Rousseau (6 lots), Tassaert (38 lots), Troyon (10 lots), Mme Vigée-Le-Brun, Vollon (16 lots).
Yriarte tells us that Dumas the Younger began collecting at the age of 18 and that his first purchase was a painting by Tassaert, to whom he remained loyal throughout his life.
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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