Live Auction 5356Christie's Interiors
Louis-Raoul Arus (French, 1846-1921)
Lot 337

Louis-Raoul Arus (French, 1846-1921)

A French sailor in a captive balloon

Closed3 June 2008

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GBP 1,187

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Louis-Raoul Arus (French, 1846-1921)
A French sailor in a captive balloon
signed, inscribed and dated 'A mon ami Barauley/LR Arus 1885' (lower right) and inscribed on a letter (on the reverse)
oil on panel
10½ x 13¾ in. (26.8 x 34.9 cm.)

Specialist note

The letter states that this was painted in the Franco-Prussian war when he was a member of the Society of French Artists.