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Thu, Mar 19, 2020 10:00AM EDT
Lot 146

3 prints Carington Bowles, Fragonad, F. Boucher

Estimate: $200 - $400

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$300 $50
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$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$100,000 $10,000
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$500,000 $50,000
3 prints including one hand colored mezzotint titled' "The Stay-Maker taking a Pleasing Circumference." Inscribed under the plate, "printed for & sold by Carington Bowles" , "No.69 in St.Pau;s Church Yard, London" Print measure approximately H 13-1/2", W 9-13/16"; one hand colored lithograph titled, "L'Insomnie de Venus" Inscribed under the image, "Fragenard delin.", "Bonnet direxit.", and "A Paris, chez Bonnet, rue St. Jacques, au coin de celle del la Parcheminerie." Approximate frame size: H 14-3/4", W 16-1/4", and one hand colored lithograph titled, "Le Repos champetre" inscribed under image "F. Boucher viven", L. Bonnet Sculp", "Tire du Cabinet de Monsieur S. D. ***", "A Paris. chez Bonnet, rue St. Jacques au coin de celle du Platre" Approximate frame size: H 19-3/8", W 15-5/8". Estate of anthropologists and food historian Michael and Sophie Coe. New Haven, Ct Estate of anthropologists and food historian Michael and Sophie Coe. New Haven, Ct