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LOT 125

Lot 125

Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)

Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
Lot 125 Details
Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886), French

AMATEUR BIRD CATCHERS: CHILDREN WITH THE BIRD BASKET; SETTING IT FREE, 1873 AND 1876 RESPECTIVELY

Pair of charcoal drawings heightened with watercolour on paper; each signed and dated 73 and 76 respectively lower left, each titled "Amateur Bird Catchers" to the nameplate on the matching frames
11 x 15 in — 27.9 x 38.1 cm

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $780
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Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
  • Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
  • Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
  • Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
  • Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
  • Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
  • Pierre Edouard Frere (1819-1886)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Dollard des Ormeaux, QC by descent from the consignor's late wife in 2014, inherited from her grandmother's collection.

Note:

Bonham's Knightsbridge sold the pair of oils of this subject on June 9, 2015, Lot 136, measuring 11.8" x 16" as "The Bird Trap", dated 1872

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