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LOT 321

Lot 321

Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century

Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
Lot 321 Details
Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century

Opaque pigments on mica; each mica sheet 11 x 15.8 cm
frame 41.7 x 33.9 in — 106 x 86 cm

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $4,250
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
  • Company School, A Framed Set of Twenty-Eight Paintings on Mica, 19th Century
Provenance:

Ex. Collection of George Butcher of Le Demain Doré Gallery, Montreal.
Acquired from the above in the 1980s by the present owner.

Exhibited:

The National Museum of Man, Gatineau, (now the Canadian Museum of History) in the 1980s or earlier, by repute.

Note:

Compare with examples from Sotheby's London, October 25, 2023, lot 67; Christie's London, June 25, 2020, lot 108; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number 4668:1/(IS).
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/the-edith-stuart-cary-welch-collection-part-iii/a-company-school-album-of-mica-paintings-south
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6255779
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O427544/one-of-eight-paintings-of-painting-unknown/

CONDITION DETAILS

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