Lot 413 , Henri Harpignies (1819-1916) Assorted landscapes
Henri Harpignies (1819-1916) 
 folio of watercolours and pencil drawings 
 Assorted landscapes signed, some dated and titled, largest 13.5 x 8.5in., together with the artist's stock book giving details of the drawings 
  
 Estimate £1,500-2,000 
  
  WATERCOLOURS ALL IN GOOD CLEAN CONDITION.  
 Stock book is entitled Livre D'Entrees and retailed by Fortin & Cie, no obvious title to it but begins with work no. 29 and runs through to works with the highest number being 8440, giving details of the medium, name of artist, subject, price and presumably purchaser's details.  Works as follows:- 
 6947 View of Menton, dated 1906 25 x 35cm. 
 8014 Bords de la Loire, 12 x 17cm. 
 8123 Monochrome en haute de la cote 
 8120 Monochrome Soleil couchant, 13 x 22cm. 
 7102 Menton, monochrome, 9 x 13cm 
 7156 Chaumieres pres d'un bois, dated 1908, 25 x 35cm  
 6001  Dans les jardins de l'Hotel Splendide, 16 x 20cm. 
 8170  Monochrome Soleil couchant, 17 x 12cm. 
 7815  Charcoal, Souvesus du Forrest dans le var, 1911, 22 x 29cm. unmounted 
 7447 Untitled woodland lake in charcoal, dated 1909, 14 x 20cm. 
 7441 Untitled charcoal study, trees and stream, 1909, 14 x 20cm 
 8070  Crepuscle, 12 x 17cm. 
 8406  Route de Gorbio, 1911, 10 x 15cm. 
 7436       Charcoal, untitled, trees and path, 1909, 15 x 23cm. 
 7817  Charcoal, Menton, 1911, 23 x 30cm 
 7443  Charcoal, landscape, 1909, 13 x 19cm.  
 7430  Charcoal, 15 x 23cm. 
 7448  Charcoal, figure by stream, 14 x 21cm. 
 6386  St. Rieve, 1904, 34 x 22cm. 
 7433  Charcoal landscape, 1908, 15 x 23cm. 
 7445  Charcoal, figures by a waterwheel, 1909, 14 x 22cm. 
 7739  Charcoal. artist sketching in a landscape, 1910, 20 x 27cm. 
 Early entries in the stock book include other artists such as Conba, Simonetti, Mery and Decamps but the vast majority listed are works by Harpignies. 
  
  
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Sold for £10,000