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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 28, 2016 | Christie's | New York | Old Master and British Drawings | 68 | $****** - ****** | Portrait of Claude Dupouch, half-length, leaning on a chair |
Works on Paper
65.1 x 53.3 cm (25.63 x 21 in)
pastel on blue (discolored) paper laid down on canvas
Pierre-Georges May, Paris, by 1928; and by descent until 1978 when acquired by the present owner.
New York, Wildenstein, French Pastels, February 1979, no. 7.<br>Versailles, Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Le voleur d'âmes: Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 2004, no. 19.<br>
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