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Collector

Hector-Martin Lefuel

1810–1880 · France

Architect. Collected at Paris.

Life and work

  1. c. 1870
    Provenance line says a Cypriot limestone male head (Archaic, c. 460-450 BC by the seller's dating, with an olive wreath) was acquired by Lefuel c. 1870 and passed by descent. Seller does not say from whom or where.

    ParisA Cypriot limestone male… 2012, lot 258

  2. 28 March 2003
    Head offered in an anonymous sale at Tajan, Paris, lot 29 (the later Christie's lot record places this after 'thence by descent').

    ParisA Cypriot limestone male… 2012, lot 258

  3. 26 April 2012
    Resold at Christie's (London), sale 4925, lot 258, 'Property of a gentleman', for GBP 103,250 against an estimate of GBP 40,000-60,000.

    LondonA Cypriot limestone male… 2012, lot 258

Objects

Sources

  1. 1. (2012). “A Cypriot limestone male head (provenance line, Christie's sale 4925, lot 258, 26 April 2012)”. Christie's. Christie's. Online
  2. 2.“Hector-Martin Lefuel (1810-1880), architect”. Wikidata / GND 1038677467. Online