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JEAN-HONORÉ
FRAGONARD
L’Armoire
.
Etching, 1778. 395x495 mm; 15
1
/
2
x19
1
/
2
inches, small margins. The second edition,
published by Naudet. A very good, well-
inked impression with strong contrasts.
According to Carlson, Fragonard’s “largest and
most complex etching” (Carlson/Ittmann,
Regency to Empire,French Printmaking 1715-1814
,
Minneapolis, 1984, p. 227).Wildenstein 23.
[2,000/3,000]
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JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU
(after)
Monument de Costume
.
Set of 12 etchings, 1776-77. Each approxi-
mately 410x320 mm; 16
1
/
4
x12
1
/
2
inches, full
margins. Superb,well-inked impressions with
very strong contrasts, extremely scarce as a
complete set as here. Bocher 1348-59.
[3,000/5,000]
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