Dec 14, 2023 - Sale 2656

Sale 2656 - Lot 169

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
UMBERTO BRUNELLESCHI
Mermaids in swirling waves. Illustration for an unknown publication, c. 1910. Gouache on board. 305x470 mm; 12x18 1/2inches. Matted and framed to 15 1/2x21 1/2 inches. Signed in pencil in lower right margin.

Three raven-haired sirens, two of whom are carring conch shells, float on foamy waves swirling about them and blend into the atmosphere. These mermaids are unusual as they appear to have two-limbed fins instead of one.