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Lot 125

Xavier Sigalon, French 1787/88-1837-  Orgie de Truands;  pen, black ink, and brown wash on...

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Lot 125

Xavier Sigalon, 
French 1787/88-1837- 
Orgie de Truands; 
pen, black ink, and brown wash on...

Price Realised: £420

Estimate: £300 - £500

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 125

Description

Xavier Sigalon, 
French 1787/88-1837- 

Orgie de Truands; 

pen, black ink, and brown wash on paper, bears collector's mark (lower left), bears later inscription 'Sigalon...' and 'N.93' verso, 24.6 x 29.6 cm. 

Provenance: 
The sale of Georges Demaurilles, 9-10 March 1923 (according to the inscription verso). 
Mr and Mrs Woolf David, London. 

with Galerie Daniel Besseiche, Paris. 
Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
An almost identical version of the same composition by Xavier Sigalon sold at Tajan, Paris, on 15 December 2020 (lot 18). 

Although Sigalon is typically aligned with the French Romantic movement, much of his work reveals a strong debt to the Italian Old Masters which he studied in the Louvre, after travelling to Paris to train in the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774-1833). 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT
VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.
(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

Please note ARR is calculated in euros. Auctioneers will apply current exchange rates.

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