Collection Émile Javal: Estampes japonaises, estampes chinoises, peintures, dessins, pochoirs, dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu Hôtel Drouot, salle n° 9, du mercredi 3 au vendredi 5 mars 1926.

Softcover, publisher’s green wrappers with dark green lettering, 315 x 225 mm, printed on satin-coated thick wove paper (vélin), thread-sewn catalogue of Drouot sales on March 3 and 5, 1926, 560 lots, pp. [4] [1] 2-72, plus 8 photomechanical plates on recto only.

Front cover: COLLECTION | Emile JAVAL | ESTAMPES JAPONAISES ||

Title-page: COLLECTION EMILE JAVAL | ESTAMPES | JAPONAISES | ESTAMPES CHINOISES | Peintures – Dessins – Pochoirs | DONT LA VENTE AUX ENCHÈRES PUBLIQUES AURA LIEU | HOTEL DROUOT, SALLE N° 9 | du Mercredi 3 au Vendredi 5 Mars 1926, à 2 heures |  — | COMMISSAIRE-PRISEUR : | M° F. LAIR DUBREUIL | 6, Rue Favart, 6 / EXPERT : |  M. Charles VIGNIER |  4, Rue Lamennais, 4 | — | Chez lesquels se distribue le présent catalogue | EXPOSITION PUBLIQUE : HOTEL DROUOT (Salle No 9) | le Mardi 2 Mars, de 2 heures à 6 heures  ||

MS inscription to half-title: Gift from Mrs. Garland | through Mr. Fedoroff | 1938; Stamp to half-title: COLLECTION OF C. BUCKINGHAM

Back cover: IMPRIMERIE PATUREL | 48, AVENUE AUBERT. 48 | VINCENNES ||

Associated Item: Plate II, lot 161: from my collection SVJP-0492.2025

Provenance:
Chauncey (C.) Buckingham’s collection, donated via Mrs. Garland through Mr. Fedoroff to the Ryerson Library (likely the Art Institute of Chicago’s Ryerson & Burnham Libraries) in 1938.

Contributors:

Charles Vignier (French, 1863–1934) – Charles Vignier, a Swiss-born poet, writer, collector, and dealer of antiquities, was the expert on Asian arts at the Hôtel Drouot, the principal auction house in Paris.

Fernand Lair-Dubreuil (French, 1867-1931) – Parisian auctioneer.

Louis Émile Javal (French, 1839  – 1907) – French Collector.