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Drawn to Life – Works on Paper from a Distinguished Private Collection

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

A little girl, seated, reading a book

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Drawn to Life – Works on Paper from a Distinguished Private Collection


Augustin de Saint-Aubin

(Paris 1736 - 1807)

A little girl, seated, reading a book


Black chalk

190 by 139 mm

Sale, Leblanc, 29 June 1863,

where acquired by Edmond (1822-1896) and Jules (1830-1870) de Goncourt, Paris (L.1089, very faintly stamped);

sale, Paris, 17 February 1897, lot 295;

Private Collection, Paris;

with Day & Faber, London,

where acquired by the present owner in 2011

E. and J. de Goncourt, La Maison d'un artiste, Paris 1881, I, p. 155;

E. Launay, Les frères Goncourt collectionneurs de dessins, Paris 1985, p. 435, no. 282