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Inscribed l.r.: Paris 1832, watercolour
9.5 x 16.6 cm
Provenance
Sotheby’s, 13 March 1980, lot 59;
David Messum, ‘Les Jeunes Romantiques’, Beaconsfield, June 1980;
Private collection UK until 2018
Views of Paris are considered to be the most important subjects drawn by the artist. This delicate and spontaneous watercolour dating from 1832 shows Boys at the height of his powers exhibiting great subtlety in the treatment of light and space.
Dimensions
9.5 x 16.6 cmThe BADA Standard
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