CATHERINE VILLEMUR
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DAGUERRE Louis – Jacques (After)
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37
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DAGUERRE Louis – Jacques (After)
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
DAGUERRE Louis – Jacques (After)
1787 – 1851
Moonlight
Two monks conversing amongst the ruins of a Gothic cloister.
Ink wash in black and grey, with highlights in white and graphite. Mounted on paper
Signed ‘Thierry’ in the lower left-hand corner of the backing paper
H 12.7 – W 15 cm
Related work: ‘ Moonlight’, lithograph by Georges Maile (c. 1826) after a drawing by L. J. Daguerre (BNF, Print Room).
Bibliography: Stephen Pinson, ‘Daguerre, Visual Experimenter’, Open Edition Journals. Photographic Studies. 13 July 2003, pp. 110–135; Fig. 3 (engraving) and Fig. 4 (drawing).
Attractive wooden frame with gilded stucco in a foliage motif.
Expert: Patrice DUBOIS
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