I wanted to share with you my newest treasures I got from an ebay auction from a local auction house. These are antique watercolors of interiors ( there were 3 and I only won 2 unfortunately ). The first depicts a beautiful french room with fireplace, chandelier and french doors to a garden
the second picture is a wall elevation of an english style room - beautiful colors that will look GREAT in my apartment! I'm so happy I won them!!
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Those are stunning.
Good for you and thanks for the show and tell!
Thanks pve! but nothing can beat the show and tell i had in first grade where I brought Mr. Rogers in to my classroom :-) no joke!
These are beautiful!! Well won!! you have great taste:-)
thanks so much, ATBaB!
Congrats! Those are great finds!
Thanks, PoC! I got them hanging this past weekend and they're just wonderful!
Any hints about what room the top image depicts?
These were sold/bought at auction -i have no idea who was selling them or what they depict -they're not even signed. They are really fantastic though!
I love the insane scale of the second work ... that immense round painting, the squatness of the fireplace, et cetera ...
yes, it is a somewhat odd scale really - in real life it would be immense. It reminds me a lot of the grand english country manor houses. There was a 3rd drawing in the auction but I didn't win it -it went for FAR over the projected bids and over what i could ever afford! Not sure why that one was so much more popular, these 2 went for under the projected bids - from the same lot!
The second room is French not English, and by the looks a Louis XIV room, similar to the Salon of Apollo in Versailles, or the Burden Ballroom in New York City, wonderful image though.
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