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a picture of a picture of a group of peoplefour pictures of a group of people in a room, one of which is holding a bird and the otherseveral pictures of a series of paintings of people in a roomfour different views of a drawing of a woman in a dressan old picture of a group of people in a rooma drawing of a man and a woman in formal clothingan image of a drawing of a group of people sitting in a rooma drawing of a woman sitting at a table with two childrena drawing of a group of people sitting around a table in a rooma black and white drawing of a group of women in dressesa drawing of a group of people standing around a tablea black and white drawing of a woman standing in front of a mirrordrawing of a woman and a man in a shop with a catan engraving of a woman in a white dress standing next to a man in a suitthree framed pictures of a family with a dog and a cata drawing of a group of people sitting in a rooman old picture of a woman in a white dress and a man in a black and white dressan image of a drawing of a woman and a man sitting at a table
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164 - Louis BINET (Paris 1744 – 1800) A montage comprising 10 vign…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Louis BINET (Paris 1744 – 1800) A montage comprising 10 vignettes, to illustrate ‘Les Contemporaines de Restif de la Bretonne’. Pen and black ink, grey wash over black pencil lines; 13.7 x 8.7 cm each; Dimensions of the montage: 40 x 50 cm Each vignette is captioned at the bottom in a label on the montage: the women who bring misfortune to their husbands, Augusta, or the girl who rejects her lover for her lover’s sake, the mistress sisters, the beautiful lemonade seller, the pretty restaurant owner, the pretty counsellers, the four pretty roasters, the women who hate their husbands, the pretty perfumer, and the chairwoman (the third figure seated on the right is Restif, the author) Main title in the centre of the montage: ‘A series of original drawings by Louis Binet, to illustrate Restif de la Bretonne’s contemporaries’ Small stains Attached is another montage comprising three drawings of various sizes: the women who ruin their husbands, the beautiful wine merchant, and the rivals (captioned at the bottom of the montage) Pen and black ink, grey wash over black pencil lines Dimensions of the montage: 34 x 30 cm Titled in the centre of the montage: ‘A series of original drawings by Louis Binet, to illustrate Restif de la Bretonne’s *Les Contemporaines* ’. *Les Contemporaines de Rétif de la Bretonne* is a collection of short stories published between 1780 and 1785, comprising 42 volumes in the original edition, or ‘272 short stories in 444 tales’. Louis Binet’s drawings are reproduced in accordance with the captions provided beneath each vignette in the various volumes.
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 11:00 AM
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