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Auction 159, Lot 728

"[Lot of 8 - Fruit]"

Subject: Prints - Botanical

Period: 1880 (published)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
5.5 x 8.6 inches
14 x 21.8 cm
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This lovely lot contains 8 chromolithographs of various types of fruit, including cherries, pears, strawberries, and apples. The prints were created by Pieter de Pannemaeker, a botanical painter and lithographer who created thousands of illustrations for botanical books and periodicals. Size varies slightly. This lot includes:

A. Groseilliers Epineux.
B. Bigarreau Jacquet.
C. Fraises Nouvelles ou Peu Repandues.
D. Peer Durondeau.
E. Appel Chevalier Edmond Ranwez.
F. Peer Alexandrine Douillard.
G. Peer Delices de Froyennes.
H. Peer S. Louis de Rome.

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Condition: B+

Bold original color with narrow margins, as issued. Light toning, minor soiling, and a few tiny spots of foxing. The sheet of strawberries has some soft creases.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $140

Closed on 9/14/2016

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