Sale 6152
London
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9 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 8,050
Estimate
Follower of Jean-Antoine Watteau Blind Man's Buff, with the artist at work in the foreground bears signature 'AWatteau.' (AW linked, lower left) oil on canvas 29 x 49 in. (73.7 x 124.5 cm.)
Provenance
Believed to have been acquired by John, 4th Marquess of Bute.
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Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
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