Sold
$2,250
Starting Bid: $750
Est.
$1,500
- $2,500
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Category
Description
Nicolas Struyk (Dutch, 1687-1769), Butterfly and insect studies, from a 1715 album entitled "Vertooning der Inlansche Insecten", (3) watercolor, black ink, and pencil on paper paintings, unsigned, identifying gallery label verso, largest: 10"h x 8"w (sheet) 19"h x 14"w (framed)
Condition
Good, some foxing, possibly adhered to backing, not examined out of frames
Provenance
From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; Faerber & Maison Ltd., London
Literature
Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.