Dec 18, 2012 - Sale 2299

Sale 2299 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DESIGNER UNKNOWN ALCAZAR D'ÉTÉ. Circa 1895.
47x34 1/4 inches, 119 1/2x87 cm. Ch. Levy, Paris.
Condtion B+ / B: restored losses, abrasions, restoration and overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds; creases in margins and image.
"This upside down dance well illustrates the fragile man to woman relationship and the inherent risk of the woman finding herself on the floor" (Beauty and the Beast p. 10). Beauty and the Beast p. 10.