Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2422Location: BostonDate / Time: September 12, 2008 12:00PM
Description:
Désiré François Laugee (French, 1823-1896)
Portrait of a Young Lady in Profile
Signed "D Lau..." l.r., a period museum label and a label from Noyes & Blakeslee
Art Galleries, Boston, affixed to the reverse.
Oil on panel, 13 x 9 1/4 in. (33.0 x 23.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Scattered retouch, craquelure with alligatoring, surface grime.
Provenance: From the artist to his nurse, Anne Mackenzie, then by descent to the present owner.
Estimate $3,000-5,000