Catalogue des Tableaux composant la collection Ch. Sedelmeyer. 1., 2., 3., 4. vente in 4 volumes (complete). Auction sale catalogues by Paul Chevallier, expert Jules Ferai.

Sedelmeyer, Charles:

Verlag: Paris, chevallier, 1907

Beschreibung

242 + 214 + 286 + 188 pp. text and many plates. 36 x 27 cm. *Charles Sedelmeyer (April 30, 1837 in Vienna August 9, 1925 in Paris) was an Austro-French art dealer and art collector. Sedelmeyer worked as an art dealer in Paris from 1866, where he owned his own gallery. In 1901 he sold an altarpiece by Raphael, the Pala Colonna, to the American J. P. Morgan. The sale that year was the most expensive painting of its time. In 1893 he acquired the French castle of Ambleville. In 1907 he ended his professional activity and around 1000 paintings from the former Sedelmeyer Gallery were auctioned off in 4 auctions. For this purpose, a large-format and lavishly furnished catalog with numerous plates was printed in 4 volumes, present is a copy in beautiful French half-marocco bindings (signed from a the bookbinder "E.R.". All catalogue items with contemporary handwritten notation of the auction results in pencil. - Bindings somewhat rubbed to the spines, but in all in good and clean condition. [High weight of ca. 8kg - International shipping may incur higher postage costs than shown]. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 8000 Contemporary red French half leathzer bindings, silt edges, Bindings signed "E.R." on the lower spines. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 148599

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Titel: Catalogue des Tableaux composant la ...

Verlag: Paris, chevallier

Erscheinungsdatum: 1907

Zustand: Gut