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Lot 5*

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison
(Palmanova 1762-1844 Milan)
Study of a bearded, turbaned man unframed

9 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Palmanova 1762-1844 Milan)

Study of a bearded, turbaned man
signed 'Bifson' (lower right)
pen, brown ink and watercolour on paper, laid down
23 x 16.8cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/8in).
unframed

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Provenance
Private Collection, USA

The present watercolour is typical of Bison's watercolour technique and can be compared to others including one of Two elegant ladies holding flowers sold at Sotheby's New York, 28 January 1998, lot 58.

The subject may have been sketched in Venice where Bison would have come into contact with Turkish and near-eastern merchants.

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