May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 302

Price Realized: $ 6,240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
AN AMERICAN WILDFLOWER REDOUTÉ, PIERRE-JOSEPH. [Commelina dianthifolia] Finished drawing executed in watercolor, graphite, and ink on fine vellum, signed lower left in brown ink: P. J. Redouté. 475x355 mm sheet size; fine condition. Unframed. [Malmaison, circa 1810]

Additional Details

This delicate watercolor depicts the Commelina dianthifolia, or birdbill dayflower, a native of Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.