Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847)
A montage of two drawings: Portrait of a man holding a purse/ Man carrying a portfolio
Pen and brown ink over black pencil lines.
One drawing is monogrammed lower left and the other is captioned at the bottom: "By this means he no longer needed a passport, all the better for not having been able to pay for it".
Numbered top left on reverse "G289".
Cartel bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville".
(Slightly oiled, small stains).
16x12.5cm each (both returned to rectangle).

 Our drawings are preparatory to the engraving "Le Dieu Puff fait les deux autres néo-dieux à son image", illustrating Un autre monde: transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations, peregrinations, excursions, stations... / by Grandville, edited by H. Fournier, Paris, 1844, p.12.
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Lot no. 85

Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) A montage of two drawings: Portrait of a man holding a purse/ Man carrying a portfolio Pen and brown ink over black pencil lines. One drawing is monogrammed lower left and the other is captioned at the bottom: "By this means he no longer needed a passport, all the better for not having been able to pay for it". Numbered top left on reverse "G289". Cartel bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville". (Slightly oiled, small stains). 16x12.5cm each (both returned to rectangle). Our drawings are preparatory to the engraving "Le Dieu Puff fait les deux autres néo-dieux à son image", illustrating Un autre monde: transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations, peregrinations, excursions, stations... / by Grandville, edited by H. Fournier, Paris, 1844, p.12.

Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
€780
Buyer's premium
30%
Jean Ignace Isidore GRANDVILLE (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847) A montage of two drawings: Portrait of a man holding a purse/ Man carrying a portfolio Pen and brown ink over black pencil lines. One drawing is monogrammed lower left and the other is captioned at the bottom: "By this means he no longer needed a passport, all the better for not having been able to pay for it". Numbered top left on reverse "G289". Cartel bottom center on mount "J.J.Granville". (Slightly oiled, small stains). 16x12.5cm each (both returned to rectangle). Our drawings are preparatory to the engraving "Le Dieu Puff fait les deux autres néo-dieux à son image", illustrating Un autre monde: transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations, peregrinations, excursions, stations... / by Grandville, edited by H. Fournier, Paris, 1844, p.12.
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