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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Fine Art
• Sale Date:
  03 May 2023 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  72
• Lot Description:
  Antoine-Charles Vauthier
  (French, 1790 - 1879)
  Echidna, c.1827
  watercolour, pen and ink on paper
  11.0 x 15.5 cm
  bears inscription on mount lower right: Vauthier
  RELATED WORK/S: L’Echidné Australien, Echidna Australis Lefs, engraving by J. F. Cazenave after A.C Vauthier, 10.0 x 16.0 cm, published in Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, Paris, Île-de-France, France, 1837-39, pl. 52, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. The National Gallery of Australia also holds another Antoine–Charles Vauthier watercolour of Australian interest, of the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger. Antoine-Charles Vauthier’s ‘parent’ echidna watercolour appears in print form in at least three important publications: Hyacinthe-Yves-Phillippe-Potentien, Baron de Bougainville, Journal de la Navigation autour du globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l’Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825, et 1826, Paris: Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1827; Achille Richard, Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Mammifères et des Oiseaux Découverts Depuis 1788 Jusqu’à Nos Jours, Badouin Frères, Paris, 1822-44; René Lesson, Voyage Autour du Monde Entrepris par Ordre du Gouvernement sur la Corvette La Coquille, P. Pourrat Frères, Paris, 1839
• Provenance:
  Marcel Jeanson, Paris; The Jeanson Collection, Christie’s, London, 19 June 2000, lot 209; Arader Galleries, New York, 23 April 2022, lot 57; Private collection, Adelaide
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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