Jan 29, 2025 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / Phipps Collection / Silver / English & Continental Furniture
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Matched Pair of Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Figures 'La Petite Fille Au Tablier' & 'Le Jeune Suppliant'
Circa 1757-66
Estate / Collection: The Dalva Brothers Collection
Each depicted standing, the young girl in a headscarf holding an apron full of grapes beside a tree-stump; the curly-haired boy leaning forward clasping his hands, beside a basket of flowers, each on a rockwork base, she with incised F for Étienne Maurice Falconet, both modeled by Pierre Blondeau, after drawings by François Boucher.
Height of taller 8 ¾ inches (22.2 cm)
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 10-11 January 2006, sale 1615, lot 374.
The original drawing for Le Jeune Suppliant is conserved at Sèvres; the reverse inscribed 'dessein de m. Boucher appartenant à la Manufacture de Vincennes, ce 23 août 1749'.
For a pair, compare The Collection of Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Christie's, New York, 21 March 1991, lot 108; for la petite fille, see The Property of Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I, Freeman’s/Hindman, Chicago, 15 March 2023, lot 26.
$600 - $900
Estate / Collection: The Dalva Brothers Collection
Each depicted standing, the young girl in a headscarf holding an apron full of grapes beside a tree-stump; the curly-haired boy leaning forward clasping his hands, beside a basket of flowers, each on a rockwork base, she with incised F for Étienne Maurice Falconet, both modeled by Pierre Blondeau, after drawings by François Boucher.
Height of taller 8 ¾ inches (22.2 cm)
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 10-11 January 2006, sale 1615, lot 374.
The original drawing for Le Jeune Suppliant is conserved at Sèvres; the reverse inscribed 'dessein de m. Boucher appartenant à la Manufacture de Vincennes, ce 23 août 1749'.
For a pair, compare The Collection of Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Christie's, New York, 21 March 1991, lot 108; for la petite fille, see The Property of Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I, Freeman’s/Hindman, Chicago, 15 March 2023, lot 26.
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Both with repairs through legs, small losses to the grapes in her apron. The underside of his base filled, obscuring a potential mark.
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Auction: Old Master Paintings / Phipps Collection / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Jan 29, 2025
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Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings and The Collection of Howard Phipps Jr., Erchless, Westbury on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10am
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Auction of English & Continental Silver and English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts on Wednesday, January 28, 2025 at 10am
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 will offer 19th Century & Old Master Paintings & Drawings as well as The Collection of Howard Phipps Jr., Erchless, Westbury.
The auction onWednesday, January 29 at 10am will feature English & Continental Decorative Arts and English & Continental Silver.
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