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Emile Sagot: A Triumphant Return to Mont-Saint-Michel

Result EUR45,260
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 24 July 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - 8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio - 56001 Vannes

A unique set of drawings of the archangel's mount was duly preempted, while two pieces by Pierre Jeanneret illustrated the modern designer's popularity.

Émile Sagot (1805-1888), L'Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, a set of 65 watercolor architectural... Emile Sagot: A Triumphant Return to Mont-Saint-Michel

Émile Sagot (1805-1888), L'Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, a set of 65 watercolor architectural drawings, some signed, each measuring between 32 x 51 cm/12.6 x 20 in and 70 x 105 cm/27.6 x 41.3 in.
Result: €45,260

Émile Sagot produced this set of 65 architectural drawings during the 1860s. These fascinating watercolors (which restored La Merveille to its original state on paper before the major renovation work of the 1880s) and the expert's proposals for the illustrious medieval…
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Saturday 24 July 2021 - 14:00 (CEST)
8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio - 56001 Vannes
Jack-Philippe Ruellan
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