107. Banquet Scene
Estimate
EUR 600 - 900
Sold
EUR 550
Session
Thu, 28 February 2019 20:30
Dimensions
width 10 cm, height 16.5 cm, custom 10x16,5
Description
ink, gouache, gold on paper laid on cardboard
PROVENANCE
the '30s-'50s, the collection of Romanian diplomat Basil Stoica (1889 - 1959), a close acquaintance of Thomas Masaryk and Ionel I.C. Brătianu, speaker of 14 foreign languages, a champion of the founding and consecration of Greater Romania, a Chairperson of the National League of Romanians in America in 1918, a Minister Plenipotentiary in Bulgaria and Albania (1930-1936), the Low Lands (1937-1939), Secretary General of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1939-1945), a negotiator of the Romanian cause as a cobelligerent country at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946; deceased at Jilava after 9 years of detention; confiscated from the diplomat's family in 1977 by the National Museum of Art of Romania; in 2009, following the fall of the communist regime and a long line of lawsuits, it was returned to the diplomat's heirs.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For clarifications regarding the bidding procedure, hammer price costs, guarantee, payment, and collection terms for the winning lot, we recommend carefully reading/re-reading the Bidding Regulations.
For additional information regarding the lot and the auction, please contact the Art Consultants Department.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For clarifications regarding the bidding procedure, hammer price costs, guarantee, payment, and collection terms for the winning lot, we recommend carefully reading/re-reading the Bidding Regulations.
For additional information regarding the lot and the auction, please contact the Art Consultants Department.
Dimensions
width 10 cm, height 16.5 cm, custom 10x16,5
Description
ink, gouache, gold on paper laid on cardboard
PROVENANCE
the '30s-'50s, the collection of Romanian diplomat Basil Stoica (1889 - 1959), a close acquaintance of Thomas Masaryk and Ionel I.C. Brătianu, speaker of 14 foreign languages, a champion of the founding and consecration of Greater Romania, a Chairperson of the National League of Romanians in America in 1918, a Minister Plenipotentiary in Bulgaria and Albania (1930-1936), the Low Lands (1937-1939), Secretary General of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1939-1945), a negotiator of the Romanian cause as a cobelligerent country at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946; deceased at Jilava after 9 years of detention; confiscated from the diplomat's family in 1977 by the National Museum of Art of Romania; in 2009, following the fall of the communist regime and a long line of lawsuits, it was returned to the diplomat's heirs.
