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Lot Description

Franz Xaver Nachtmann

(German, 1799-1846)

Oriental Lady with Roses on a Terrace

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolor, gouache enhanced with gold, with mica inlays on the dress on paper laid down on card

signed Nachtman fec. (lower right)

10 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Property from the Collection of William L. Bernhard and Catherine Cahill, Southampton, New York

Provenance:
Sold: Christie's, Paris, March 18, 2004, Lot 329

Note:
This work comes from the Southampton, New York home of the collectors Catherine Cahill, now deceased, and William L. Bernhard, who continues to live in their Manhattan Park Avenue home. Lifelong New Yorkers, they spent summers in Southampton and Washington, Connecticut, and winters in Palm Beach, where Ms. Cahill decorated their retreat on Major Alley Way with the noted interior designer, Keith Irvine of Irvine and Fleming. Ms. Cahill was an animal rights activist, and a daughter of John T. Cahill, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a named partner in the international law firm, Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Mr. Bernhard is a philanthropist and descendant of the Lehman family of investment banking fame. He has served on many Boards of Directors, including the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, Film at Lincoln Center, and the Winston Churchill Foundation.

Condition Report

The sheet is mounted to card that is hinged to backing at the top edge. There is a waterstain and some loss of medium at upper left. Another small spot of medium loss below that area. A few other small areas of medium loss along the bottom edge. Otherwise, in very good condition.

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