Art at Auction - the Year at Sothebys and Parke-Bernet, 1971-72

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by  Wilson, Philip

Art at Auction
1971-72
JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD llliislratedonendpapers:
Anne-Franfois d'Harcourt, Due de Beuvron. ManuscriptmapofGuiana, onvellum 1596-9].
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Probably painted in 1767-68. 3i|: in. by 25 in. London_^4,ooo (|io,ooo). 9.xi.7i.
London ^{^340,000 ($850,000). 8.XI1.71. Fromthecollection ofBoies Penrose, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.G.S.
From tiie collection ofthe Due d'Harcourt. Theonlyknown manuscriptcopyofSirWalterRaleigh's
mapofGuiana, madeafterhis returnfrom hisvoyage in
searchofManoa, the legendarycapital ofEl Dorado.
Auction
Art at
The Year at Sotheby's & Parke-Bernet
1971-72
Two Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Season
New
A Studio Book The Viking Press York
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Art at Auction 1971-72, edited by Philip Wilson and AnnamariaMacdonald
assisted byJoan Sarll
Jacket photograph byJeanette Kinch
Copyright © 1972 by Sotheby & Co.
All rights reserved
Published in 1973 by The Viking Press, Inc., 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022
Published simultaneously in Canada by The Macmillan Company ofCanada Limited
SBN 670-13403-1
Library ofCongress catalog card number: 67-30652
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Lund Humphries, London and Bradford
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A mid- 8th century Louis XV mahogany and kingwood marquetry table.
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Signed: J. F. Oeben and R. V. L. (C.)JME.
Height 2 ft. 3^ in.; width 2 ft. 8^ in.
New York $410,000 (£164,000). 23.X.71.
(See also pages 352-353.)
.O\ppmoisidt-eip8atghecentury Louis XV kingwood and mahogany marquetry writmg table s.igned, Jt. i!?•. rU^ebien.
Height 2 ft. 4 in.; width 2 ft. 7-} in.
New York $270,000 (£108,000). 23.x.71.
(See also pages 338-339.)
These two tables were from the collection ofthe late Martlia Baird Rockefeller.
Left: A splashed Chun-yao dish (p'an). Sung dynasty, yj in. London /^8,ooo ($20,000). 14.n1.72.
Right: A Chiin-yao brushwasher {hsi). Sung dynasty. 7| in. London ;^i8,ooo ($45,000). 14.1n.72.
An Egyptian faience sphinx ofAmenhotep IIL Late i8th dynasty, circn 1410-1320 b.c. Length gfin.
New York $260,000 (;^i04,ooo). 4.v.72.
From the collection ofthe Cranbrook Academy ofArt, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.