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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
1724-1780
Illustrated catalogue of an anonymous auction held on December 13, 1773
[1773]
Black chalk on paper.
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
1997.5
Notes:
Saint Aubin made 186 drawings on thirty-four numbered pages interleaved with blank pages on which he noted the prices and the names of the buyers (or the words "non vendu"). Both this sale catalogue and Acc. No. 1997.6 are examples of the booklets the artist illustrated with diminutive sketches in the margins.
Provenance:
Sale, London, Christie's, 7 April 1970, lot 109; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York.
Associated names:
Wrightsman, Charles B., former owner.
Wrightsman, Jayne, former owner.
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