Petitot, Ennemond Alexandre
Mascarade à la Grecque D
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four, Lot 770
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four, Lot 770
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre (1727-1801). Mascarade à la Grecque D
édié à Monsieur de Felino Premier Ministre de S.A.R. Parma: [Benigno Bossi,] 1771.
4 o (419 x 281 mm.). Engraved title, engraved dedication and nine plates by Bossi after Petitot. Contemporary Italian patterned boards (two gatherings loose). Provenance: Francisco Tasta (1800 inscription on pastedown); acquired from Lucien Goldschmidt, 1982.
FIRST EDITION. A fine copy of Petitot's curious satire of the new style à la greque and neo-classicism. The figures are shown each adorned with architectural elements inspired by the elements of decoration found in the recent excavations at Pompei. The plates are described in the dedication as a "badinage"-- and the representations show figures draped with fragments of architecture and ornament appearing as grotesque costumes satirizing the fashion for Greek design.
Petitot, a French architect and designer born in Lyon in 1727, studied architecture with Soufflot and by 1753 moved to the Francophile court of Parma to become architect to the Duke. He represented himself on the last plate in the costume of an Egyptian architect, holding a plan of a church. The engraver Bossi was also born in 1727, studied in Nuremberg and Dresden and lived in Parma from 1760. Berlin Kat. 475; Cohen-de Ricci 178 ("livre rare"); Colas 2334; Guilmard, p.225; Lipperheide Xe2.
édié à Monsieur de Felino Premier Ministre de S.A.R. Parma: [Benigno Bossi,] 1771.
4 o (419 x 281 mm.). Engraved title, engraved dedication and nine plates by Bossi after Petitot. Contemporary Italian patterned boards (two gatherings loose). Provenance: Francisco Tasta (1800 inscription on pastedown); acquired from Lucien Goldschmidt, 1982.
FIRST EDITION. A fine copy of Petitot's curious satire of the new style à la greque and neo-classicism. The figures are shown each adorned with architectural elements inspired by the elements of decoration found in the recent excavations at Pompei. The plates are described in the dedication as a "badinage"-- and the representations show figures draped with fragments of architecture and ornament appearing as grotesque costumes satirizing the fashion for Greek design.
Petitot, a French architect and designer born in Lyon in 1727, studied architecture with Soufflot and by 1753 moved to the Francophile court of Parma to become architect to the Duke. He represented himself on the last plate in the costume of an Egyptian architect, holding a plan of a church. The engraver Bossi was also born in 1727, studied in Nuremberg and Dresden and lived in Parma from 1760. Berlin Kat. 475; Cohen-de Ricci 178 ("livre rare"); Colas 2334; Guilmard, p.225; Lipperheide Xe2.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Mascarade à la Grecque D by Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2013. The price achieved of USD 13,750.00 (€ 10,114.76) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 12,000.00 – 18,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Veduta del Boschetto d'Arcadia dalla parte del Tempio, which sold at auction in January 2007 for USD 30,000.00 (€ 23,080.47).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Mascarade à la Grecque D von Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot kam im Oktober 2013 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 13.750,00 (€ 10.114,76) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 12.000,00 – 18.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Veduta del Boschetto d'Arcadia dalla parte del Tempio beobachtet, die im Januar 2007 für USD 30.000,00 (€ 23.080,47) versteigert wurde.
Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot - Auction history
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