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French school
19th century
Rose and Butterfly
Watercolor and white opaque watercolor over graphite, with selective gum glazing, with cutout and applied butterfly on wove paper.
frame: 16 x 12 inches (406 x 305 mm); 11 5/16 x 8 3/4 inches (288 x 221 mm)
Donated by Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.
2019.107:2
Notes:
10 original watercolors of garden flowers removed from a contemporary book bound in purple morocco, blind tooled with gilt fillet, gilt initials R.B. in center of cover. France, 1846.
Wrightsman Number: 1026B(?).
Provenance:
H.P. Kraus sale, New York; from whom purchased in 1975 by Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), New York.
Associated names:
Wrightsman, Jayne, donor.
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