LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pastel on paper, laid down on canvas

Measurements:

276.77 in. (703.00 cm.) (height) by 221.65 in. (563.00 cm.) (width)

Condition:

Condition report by Jane McAusland JEAN-ETIENNE LIOTARD A Woman in Turkish costume in a Haman instructing a servant Pastel 710 by 530 mm Support This Liotard pastel is on paper supported by canvas on a stretcher. There is a slight horizontal crease running across the centre. I do not think this is the join in the paper, however it could be two papers butted up together to give the same very slightly uneven line across the paper. There are some scattered heightened paper flaws, which stand up above the surface of the sheet. The most obvious one being between the bath and the skirt of the servant. The support appears to be in a very good condition. Medium The pastel medium is in a very good condition showing no fading or surface abrasion. There is slight rubbing at the foot with a little surface loss to the pastel in places where an old mount has burnished the surface. Note: This work was viewed outside studio conditions. Jane McAusland London: Flat 3, 41 Lexington Street, Soho, London W1F 9AJ Accredited Conservator Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Jane McAusland Limited trading as Jane McAusland FIIC Registered in England & Wales No.4330838 Registered VAT No. 236 3828 52 "This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

Exhibited:

Zurich, Kunsthaus, ; Jean-Etienne Liotard.  Sammlung des Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Genf, 1978, ex-catalogue (according to a label on the back of the frame); ; Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, and Paris, Musée du Louvre, Dessins de Liotard, 1992, no. 29.

Literature:

R. Loche, ; Jean-Etienne Liotard, Geneva 1976, under no. 3; ; R. Loche and M. Roethlisberger, L'opera completa di Liotard, Milan 1978, no. 53; ; F. Zegler, Stiftung Oskar Reinhart Winterthur, Zürich 1981, under no. 105; ; A. Boppe, Les peintres du Bosphore au XVIIIe siècle, Courbevoie 1989, p. 285; ; R. Loche, J.-E. Liotard dans les collections genevoises, Milan 1990, no. 1, illustrated in colour; ; M. Roethlisberger and R. Loche, Liotard, 2 vols., Doornspijk 2008, vol. I, p. 464, no. 297, reproduced vol. II, pl. 433.

Provenance:

Probably John Hawkins (1761–1841); ; By inheritance to his son John Heywood Hawkins (1802–1877), Bignor Park, Pulborough, Sussex; ; By inheritance to his nephew John Heywood Johnstone (1850–1904); ; By inheritance to his widow, Mrs. John Heywood Johnstone (d. 1924), ; Her estate sale, London, Christie’s, 20 February 1925, lot 44; ; Purchased at the above sale by Mrs Heywood Johnstone’s son-in-law, Robert Beart Lucas, Shillington Manor, Hitchin, Herts; ; With Rodolphe Dunki, Geneva; ; From whom acquired in 1937 by Bernard Naef, Geneva;  ; By inheritance to his son, from whose estate sold, London, Christie’s, 4 July 1995, lot 148; ; There acquired for the present collection.