Lot 17 · The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale
‘La liseuse’ (Portrait of Susanna Lewis seated)
Jean-etienne Liotard · pastel, heightened with white bodycolor (or wet pastel?), on vellum
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- Estimate
- $1,500,000–$2,500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale, New York · 20 October 2022
- Dimensions
- 25 3/4 x 20 in. (65.5 x 50.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3426999
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3426999 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3426999
Jean-etienne Liotard, ‘La liseuse’ (Portrait of Susanna Lewis seated). Christie's, 20 Oct 2022, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3426999.
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Jean-etienne Liotard, ‘La liseuse’ (Portrait of Susanna Lewis seated). Christie's, 20 Oct 2022, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3426999.
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