Lot Essay
A similar composition without the gray wash was offered at Sotheby's, Monaco, 26 November 1979, lot 624.
Details
Jean-Guillaume Moitte (1746-1810)
Design for a Candelabra
black chalk, pen and black ink, gray wash
20 7/8 x 12 7/8in. (530 x 327mm.)
Design for a Candelabra
black chalk, pen and black ink, gray wash
20 7/8 x 12 7/8in. (530 x 327mm.)
Provenance
H. Auguste, his studio by 1810.
J.B.C. Odiot, his stamp and number 'no. 417'.
J.B.C. Odiot, his stamp and number 'no. 417'.
Exhibited
Paris, Hôtel George V, Odiot, Maître-Orfèvre du XIXe Siècle, 1975, no. 43.