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THBRare Travel Collection, A. Preziosi, A. de Beaumont
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LiveSep 29, 2022
Tillou Estate Day 1 Lots 1-335 including Continental; Old Masters; Asian; Numismatic & Related; Arms & Militaria Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) and Adalbert de Beaumont (French, 1809-1869)
42 watercolors and a drawing, mounted on 22 album sheets, titled on frontispiece, ?Souvenir De Constantinople et d?un Voyage fait en Egypte en 1845, par le Duc alors Prince Roger de Bauffremont, Aquarelles de Preziosi et du Vicomte Adalbert de Beaumont?, each sheet annotated with title, watercolor and ink on paper, smallest 4-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. to largest, 13 x 19-1/2 in., hinged on period card mounts 25-3/4 x 18-3/4 in.; with large book form red morocco leather box by A. Giroux & Cie (label), gilt faux "book" edges, white moir‚ silk lining
Note: Detail listing by album sheet:
1. Frontispiece: Souvenir De Constantinople et d?un Voyage fait en Egypte en 1845, par le Duc alors Prince Roger de Bauffremont, Aquarelles de Preziosi et du Vicomte Adalbert de Beaumont, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), 9-3/8 x 6-3/8 in.; toning
2. Mosqu‚e de Shazade. Constantinople, 1945, Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), signed lower right ?Preziosi 1945? and inscribed with title, 13-1/4 x 8-5/8 in.; toning, small points of foxing
3. Une porte de la mosqu‚e de Bajazet. Constantinople 1945., Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), signed lower right ?Preziosi 1945? and inscribed, 14-1/8 x 8-5/8 in.; some foxing and toning
4. Birket el Shaouareb. Le Caire, unsigned, attributed to Adalbert de Beaumont (1809-1869), 13-7/8 x 20-1/8 in., watercolor on blue paper
5. Vue du Bosphore prise de la rive d'Asie, unsigned, attributed to Adalbert de Beaumont (1809-1869), watercolor on cream or brown paper, 13-1/4 x 18-3/4 in.; toning, small points of chipping at right edge
6. Fouab sur le Nil, unsigned, attributed to Adalbert de Beaumont (1809-1869), watercolor on light blue paper, 13-1/8 x 19-3/8 in.; some toning
7. Les murailles de Constantinople, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor and body color on buff paper, 13-3/4 x 20 in.; toning
8. Pont de Brousse. Asie Mineure, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), ink, watercolor on buff paper, 14-1/8x 20-3/8 in.; some toning, light stains in sky upper left
9. Two: En face du Palais de France, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), inscribed, ink on buff paper. 7-3/8 x 13-1/4 in.; foxing and toning; Palais de France, unsigned, inscribed, watercolor and ink on buff paper, 9-1/8 x 13-1/4 in.; light toning and small points of foxing
10. Un canal a Venise, unsigned, attributed to Adalbert de Beaumont (1809-1869), watercolor and bodycolor on light blue paper, 16 x 11-1/4 in.; mount with tear in left margin
11. Musiciens du Maroc, Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), signed lower right ?Preziosi?, inscribed lower left ?Constantinople?, watercolor on buff paper, 10-1/4 x 15 in.; light toning
12. Two: Costumes bures et Armeniens, Constantinople 8 septembre (1843-1844), each signed lower right ?Preziosi?, and inscribed, watercolor, bodycolor over pencil on buff paper, each 11-1/2 x 8-5/8 in.; toning, foxing
13. Two by Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882): Femmes Turques, one with hookah, signed lower right ?Preziosi?, the other holding fruit, unsigned, watercolor, bodycolor over pencil on buff paper, 7-7/8 x 10-1/4 in.; toning, fading, some creases
14. Nubiens dans le d‚sert, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882),ink, watercolor on buff paper, 9-5/8 x 14-1/4 in.; toning, small tear at top
15. Two: Costumes Grecs, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, 10 x 6-7/8 in.; toning, some handling creases
16. Two: Costumes Cures, Seated Man with Beads, signed lower right ?Preziosi?; Seated Man with Sword, unsigned, inscribed ?Constantinople", attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, 10 x 6-7/8 in.; toning
17. Six: Costumes de la Haute et de la Basse Egypte, with camels and one landscape, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, largest 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 in, smallest 3-7/8 x 5-5/8 in.; toning, minor foxing
18. Six: Costumes de la Haute et de la Basse Egypte, five men and one woman with baby, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, approximately 5-1/2 x 4 in. each; toning, minor foxing, one with an area of loss and a tear lower right
19. Palais Persan, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.; trimmed from mount, some toning and foxing
20. Three: Costumes, two inscribed ?Egypte?, one inscribed ?Abyllin?, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, each 6-1/8 x 4-3/8 in.; slight toning, one with abrasion
21. Therapia, inscribed lower left, unsigned, attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), pencil on cream paper, 3-7/8 x 5-1/2 in.; toning, small points of foxing
22. Four: Costumes Cures et Egyptiens, three by or attributed to Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882), Seated Man, signed lower right "Preziosi"; Seated Women, inscribed "Constantinople"; Women with Basket and Jar; Woman Carrying Child, signed lower right "A. de Beaumont 49" (Adalbert de Beaumont, French, 1809-1869), watercolor over pencil on buff paper, largest 7-3/8 x 5 in.
Provenance: Prince Roger de Bauffremont (1823-1891), 1845; Sotheby's New York EBKS S/O Semac Collection, April 20, 2012, sold for $134,500; Donald A. Heald Rare Books, New York, 2013, sold for $280,000 (accompanied by documents); The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut
Condition
some general foxing and toning, hinged to original album sheets, see detailed listing online of each; leather box with some minor wear commensurate with age, and foxing on interior moire
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