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THBAudubon's Fifty Best Watercolors, Oppenheimer Editions
About Seller
PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveFeb 21, 2024
An auction for collectors, sportsmen, and naturalists including a complete set of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America, western paintings, sporting art, sporting and naturalist books, Native American artifacts, decoys, and a large offering of mineral specimens. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Rare complete collection of The New York Historical Society Edition of Audubon's Fifty Best Watercolors, 2006, edition 17/200, Part I and II, with blind stamps of New York Historical Society and Oppenheimer Editions, LLC., stamped verso and signed by Louise Mirrer, President of the New York Historical Society, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity and booklets, faithful archival watercolor facsimiles on rag watercolor paper, sheets various sizes true to originals, each within individual folders; two cloth covered clamshell portfolios, original logo wrappers, 41 x 27-5/8 x 2-1/2 in.
Provenance: Private Collection, South Carolina
Note: This exquisite, high quality, two portfolio set represents the best of the watercolor sketches Audubon's widow, Lucy Bakewell Audubon sold to the New York Historical Society in 1863. They include some that were not engraved for the The Birds of America in 1827 through 1838.
For the watercolors represented and original price see: https://www.audubonart.com/product/audubons-50-best-watercolors-complete-set/
Condition
excellent condition
- Provenance
Private Collection, South Carolina
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