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Decorative Works on Paper

Wed, Aug 9, 2017 02:00PM EDT - Thu, Aug 10, 2017 02:00PM EDT
Lot 5

AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA BORRA (1713-1770): ARCHITECTURAL VIEW

Estimate: $500 - $800
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Engraving on laid paper; together with Continental School: Fountain, mixed media on wove paper, unsigned; French School: L'Angle d'un Musée, pencil and wash on paper, 1903, indistinctly signed and dated lower right; Elevation for the Tomb of Augustus (Amphitheatre élève sur les Ruines du Tombeau d'Auguste), two ink and watercolor on paper, lower sheet indistinctly signed lower right; Plan, pencil, ink and wash on paper, unsigned, with the University of Beaux-Arts ink stamp lower left, inscribed '2nd Medal' in red lower left, indistinctly inscribed and dated 1924 on the reverse. Architectural View 10 3/4 x 16 in. (plate), 15 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. (sheet); Fountain 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (sheet); L'Angle d'un Musée 17 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (sheet); Tomb each sheet 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (sheet); and Plan 25 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (sheet); all unframed. Condition: Architectural View- scattered foxing, staining, and surface soiling; remains of tape at the top sheet corners. Fountain- tack holes at the corners; scattered foxing, staining, and surface soiling. L'Angle d'un Musée- large horizontal tear at left sheet edge below center; tack holes at the corners; some rippling; scattered foxing, staining, and surface soiling. Tomb- all sheet corners with tears and losses; large creases through the images; some rippling; sheet edges with tiny tears and creases; a few scattered foxmarks and some staining; some surface soiling. Plan- Surface soiling, staining, and foxing; few tack holes along the left and right sheet edges; creases and small tears at the sheet edges.,