François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)
Lot 124

François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)

A seated young woman leaning on a birdcage

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 8,125

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François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)
A seated young woman leaning on a birdcage
black, red and white chalk counterproof, on grey paper, indistinct watermark crown [?]
16 x 14 3/8 in. (40.8 x 36.5 cm.)

Specialist note

The drawing of which this is a counterproof was formerly in the Marius Paulme collection and was sold at Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1970, lot 82 (see A. Ananoff, L'oeuvre dessiné de François Boucher, Paris, 1966, no. 182, fig. 33).

We are grateful to Alastair Laing for his help cataloguing this lot.