26th Apr, 2023 13:30
British & International Pictures
* BERNARD ANTOINE RIGHETTI (FRENCH 1882 - 1965)
A VIEW TO MONTE CARLO
watercolour on paper, signed
mounted, framed and under glass
image size 27cm x 42cm, overall size 44cm x 58cm
Comment: undated but believed to be completed in the 1920s.
Note: Righetti was a superb watercolourist and also painted in oils. He lived in the south of France and painted around the area. His is reported to have owned three small galleries which reflected the commercial success of his work. His pictures appear at auction in the UK infrequently but Cheffins (Cambridgeshire) sold another example of this view (possibly a preparatory sketch) and in modest condition, catalogued only as "B. Righetti" for £360 on 22nd September 2010 lot 527.
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Sold for £240
Estimated at £200 - £400
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