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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Abbé Henri Breuil

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY ABBÉ BREUIL USED AS FRONTISPIECE FOR HIS BOOK "THE TSISAB RAVINE AND OTHER BRANDBERG SITES"

Presented to former South African diplomat Jeremy Shearar

Published: 1959

Reserve: $400

Approximately:

Estimate: $550

Bidding opens: 16 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 23 Jan 16:30 GMT

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Original watercolour on art board by Abbé Henri Breuil which was used as the frontispiece for his work titled "The Tsisab Ravine and other Brandberg Sites" published in 1959.

Abbé Breuil gifted this artwork to former South African diplomat Jeremy Shearar back in 1961 when Shearar was working as a secretary at the South African embassy in Paris.

It is inscribed by Breuil to Shearar at the bottom right corner, "À M. Shearar, Secretaire à l'Ambassade Sud-Africaine à Paris, H. Breuil, 11.1.61".

The artwork is still in fine condition.

  • Overall Condition: Fine


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