Marilyn Monroe Collection

 

The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe

Christie's Auction House

New York - Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 1999


||Lot 425 - A GROUPING OF FOUR PRINTS

 

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (shown at right)

Le chapeau epingle (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine) 3e plance (Delteil 8)

Etching, circa 1894, on wove paper, from the edition of unknown but large size, with margins, framed.

P. 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.

 

PIERRE BONNARD

Portrait of Renoir (Bouvet 84)

Etching, circa 1916, on wove paper, from the edition of unknown size, with margins, framed.

P. 10x7 3/4 in.

 

PIERRE AUGUEST RENOIR

Sur la plage, a Berneval (Delteil 5)

Etching, circa 1892, on wove paper, from the edition of unknown but large size, with margins, framed.

P 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.

 

FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES

Nadie se conoce, plate 6 from Los Caprichos (Delteil 43)

Etching and aquatint, 1799, on wove paper, presumably from a later edition, with margins, framed.

P. 8 1/2 in. x 6 in.

 

(4) One illustrated

 

Estimate:  $1,000-1,500

Selling Price:  $7,475

 

Interesting point of note:  The webmaster and collector owns the same Renoir etching "Le chapeau epingle" as Marilyn Monroe, shown at right.  This piece was acquired in 1993 before the 1999 Christie's auction.


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