Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
The Art of Pastel: A Swiss Private Collection
Jean-Étienne Liotard
Jardinière de pommes
Auction Closed
January 25, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
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The Art of Pastel: A Swiss Private Collection
Jean-Étienne Liotard
Geneva 1702 - 1789
Jardinière de pommes
Pastel on paper
360 by 455 mm; 14 ⅛ by 17 ⅞ in.
Sale, Versailles, Palais des Congrès, 20 February 1983, lot 2 (as French School, 19th Century);
Monaco, Galerie Park Palace 4 May 1988,
where acquired by Jacques-Louis Isoz
Monaco, Galerie Park Palace 4 May 1988,
where acquired by Jacques-Louis Isoz
M. Roethlisberger, 'Jean-Etienne Liotard as a Painter of Still Lifes', in The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, vol. 13, 1985, p. 117, reproduced fig. 12;
P. Skira, La Nature Morte, Geneva 1989, p. 123, reproduced
J.M. Marquis, 'Fréquence Pastel. Une Collection de Pastels du XVIIIe siècle', in Connaissance des Arts, Supplément Suisse, March 1990, p. XV, reproduced;
M. Roethlisberger and R. Loche, Liotard, Catalogue Sources et Correspondance, Doornspijk 2008, vol. I, no. 569, reproduced vol. II, fig. 772;
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no. J.49.2641, reproduced
P. Skira, La Nature Morte, Geneva 1989, p. 123, reproduced
J.M. Marquis, 'Fréquence Pastel. Une Collection de Pastels du XVIIIe siècle', in Connaissance des Arts, Supplément Suisse, March 1990, p. XV, reproduced;
M. Roethlisberger and R. Loche, Liotard, Catalogue Sources et Correspondance, Doornspijk 2008, vol. I, no. 569, reproduced vol. II, fig. 772;
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no. J.49.2641, reproduced