Lot no. 42
BENOIST (Félix). In the Alps. Original drawings Circa 1864. 19 drawings in sheets, 24 x 16.5 cm to 32.5 x 24 cm.
Set of 19 graphite drawings, some with highlights of chalk or white gouache:
- Church at the foot of the cliffs: drawing
- On the ruined bridge: study
- Mill at the bottom of the gorge: drawings
- Châteauneuf burnt down by lightning on 28 June 1861: drawing (coloured)
- Confluence of the Rhône near the loss of the Valserine (Ain): drawing
- Boat on the Rhône: study
- Waterfall: drawing
- The two bridges surmounted by a cross: drawing
- The road along the torrent: study
- Church on the plain: study
- Castle near the Bathie: drawing
- Castle on Lake Geneva: drawing
- On the Grande Chartreuse path, 1st version: drawing
- On the Grande Chartreuse path, 2nd version: drawing
- Geneva: drawing (stains)
- Neufchâtel in Switzerland: study
- Sion in Valais: study
- View of Sion: drawing
- Chapel above the bridge: drawing
Unsigned drawings, part of a set of preparatory drawings for the album Nice et Savoie. Minor creases and edge tears to some leaves.
Lots 42 to 45 of the drawings by Félix Benoist will be sold with the right to combine them.
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