AUCTION # 30: RUSSIAN APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART

A WILLIAM SIMPSON WATERCOLOR PAINTING, TARTAR VILLAGE

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Start price: $4,000

Estimated price: $5,000 - $6,000

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William Simpson (American, 1823-1899), watercolor and pencil on paper painting "A Tartar Village." Signed, inscribed, and dated ‘Fountain with Girl washing clothes / Tartar Village of Warnoutska – Crimea / Wm. Simpson 1858’ (lower left and lower right). Provenance: Christie’s London, South Kensington, Travel, Science & Natural History 10/10/2013, Lot 230.

Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in., ( 39.5 x 30 cm.)

Condition: Very good