Lot Essay
For further information on this artist and the collection of Dr R. Krystyna Tolczynska please see lot 31.
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State of astonishment
Details
Alexander Orlovsky (1777-1832)
State of astonishment
signed with monogram and dated '18 AO 27' (lower left)
pencil on paper
2 x 1¾ in. (5.1 x 4.4 cm.)
and three similar works on paper by the same artist: Jack of all trades, Mr and Mrs Good, both with caricature studies on the reverse; and Sop with cognac (4)
State of astonishment
signed with monogram and dated '18 AO 27' (lower left)
pencil on paper
2 x 1¾ in. (5.1 x 4.4 cm.)
and three similar works on paper by the same artist: Jack of all trades, Mr and Mrs Good, both with caricature studies on the reverse; and Sop with cognac (4)
Provenance
Sop with cognac:
Lieutenant Tadeusz Januszewski, Paris.
Jack of all trades; Mr and Mrs Good at mass:
Possibly Marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly.
Lieutenant Tadeusz Januszewski, Paris.
Jack of all trades; Mr and Mrs Good at mass:
Possibly Marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Alexander Orlovsky (1777-1832): A Selection of his Work from the Collection of Dr R. Krystyna Tolczynska Dietrich and the late Albert George Dietrich, Hanover, 1973, pp. 7 & 8, nos. 11, 17, 18, 19.
Exhibited
Hanover, The Hopkins Centre Art Galleries Dartmouth College, Alexander Orlovsky (1777-1832): A Selection of his Work from the Collection of Dr R. Krystyna Tolczynska Dietrich and the late Albert George Dietrich, 1973, nos. 11, 17, 18, 19.
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