Description
A beautifully framed Monkey Plate from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France – circa 1770.
A copper plate, hand-colored engraving titled, La Guenon a Nez Blanc Prominent, from the “Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere.” A Guenon is a forest monkey from sub-Saharan Africa with a prominent white nose.
Matted and custom framed under glass in black lacquered wood with green boulle and gold leaf details.
Provenance: from the Estate of Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski, a model, socialite, and Andy Warhol protege. Kwiatkowski made her name as a young editor at Interview Magazine and as a popular subject of the Society Pages. The print, a Parish-Hadley Commission from Judy Cormier Decorative European prints, New York City, hung in her Connecticut estate, decorated by legendary interior designers Sister Parish and Albert Hadley.
Outer frame – 14 in. H x 12 in. W x 1.5 in. D
Inner sight – 9 in. x 7 in.
Gallery label on the verso. Light loss to corners of frames.
