Sale 2445
Amsterdam
|
10 November 1999
Price realised
NLG 2,106
Estimate
Carel Jacobus Behr (1812-1895) The Gate of the Stadsdoelen, Hoorn signed and dated 'C.J. Behr 1860' black chalk, watercolour, pencil framing lines 240 x 173 mm.; a watercolour of the Middelburg town hall by the same hand, dated 1886; an anonymous watercolour of a gate, Haarlem; and a watercolour of a barn interior by P.F. Greive (1811-1872) (4)
Provenance
(1) E. Thomassen Thuessink van der Hoop van Slochteren, Fraeylemaborg; Beyers, Utrecht, 6 October 1971, part of lot 675 (2) Art market, Amsterdam, 1956 (3) Anon. sale; Van Stockum, The Hague, 1968 (4) Anon. sale; Brandt, Amsterdam See illustrations on p.
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Introducing the first auction in a series of three offering the collection of Paul Destribats, the Paris-based bibliophile
A cheaper, quicker alternative to oil paint, pastel became the perfect medium for portraits of the middle class