CLAUDE-LOUIS DESRAIS (Paris 1746-1816 Paris) A Tightrope Walker Crossing the Seine near the Concorde Bridge, Watched from a Floating Grandstand by Napoleon and other Dignitaries, on the Emperor's Birthday, 15 August 1807.
Pen and black ink and blue, brown and gray wash on cream laid paper. 280x427 mm; 11 1/4x17 inches. Extensively annotated in ink, lower recto.
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, January 29, 2014, lot 112; private collection, New York; private collection, Santa Fe.
