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Design for a vase
Design for a vase

Design for a vase

Henry Auguste (1759–1816)
about 1806
Medium/TechniquePen, ink and wash
DimensionsSheet: 48.7 x 42.2 cm (19 3/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Framed: 75.5 x 68.7 cm (29 3/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number2014.341
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
ProvenanceProbably about 1809/1810 until at least 1975, Maison Odiot, Paris [see note]. January 29, 2014, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 135, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)

NOTE:
Auguste was an independent goldsmith who worked on Napoleonic commissions. After he went bankrupt around 1809, the Maison Odiot bought many of his drawings.