European School
Design for a wall panel, 18th/19th century
Watercolour on paper, blue ink
52 x 42.5 cm (21 x 16 3/4 in)
74.3 x 64 cm (29 1/4 x 25 5 1/4 in), framed
74.3 x 64 cm (29 1/4 x 25 5 1/4 in), framed
Gallery or collector's stamp, lower right
€1,200
Provenance
From the Collection of Eugene V and Clare E Thaw.
Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.