May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MIXED-MEDIA)
Humorous charcoal and chalk drawing of a supple sailor containing a photographic collaged element, an oversized and detailed photograph of his face. Overall size of rendering 12x9 1/2 inches (30.5x24.1 cm.), albumen print measures 3x2 inches (7.6x5.1 cm.); mounted to a heavy period board measuring 15 3/4x12 3/4 inches (40x32.4 cm.), with Fd. Picault's signature and date on recto. 1869