JACQUES BARRABAND | MAGNIFICENT RIFLEBIRD (PTILORIS MAGNIFICUS)

JACQUES BARRABAND
Aubusson 1767/8 - 1809 Lyon
MAGNIFICENT RIFLEBIRD (PTILORIS MAGNIFICUS)

Watercolor and gouache over black chalk;
signed in brown ink, below the branch: Barraband.
and bears numbering in pencil, lower right: No 16.
519 by 380 mm; 20½ by 14⅞ in

Condition Report:
Float mounted. There is some very minor toning to the sheet and some very minor areas of foxing. The work remains in otherwise absolutely pristine condition with the watercolor fresh and vibrant throughout and the image strong. Sold in a modern giltwood frame.

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Provenance:
Marcel Jeanson (1885-1942),

sale of his collection, Monaco, Sotheby's, 16 June 1988, lot 223;

with W. Graham Arader, New York