Ventes live - Lot 887
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Pantin.
Prix de marteau: €
240
€ 80 / 100
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Description du lot
18th c
Etching, 32,0 x 24,0 cm, wove paper (some spots, few creases, 1 fold at top right, 1 sm. tear).
Wide margins.
A historic "pantin" of a young man, i.e. a printed puppet with separate parts for the body, arms and legs designed to be cut out and assembled. These prints are now rare because they were often used as intended.
Ref. London (British Museum, inv. 2005, 0429.31).
Prov. Henry d'Allemagne (1863-1950), French historian and librarian (ms. note).