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ENRICO D'ASSIA (PRINCE VON HESSEN-KASSEL) (ITALIAN/ PROVENANCE:
GERMAN, 1927-2000) With Galerie Charpentier, Paris (the first).
Two watercolors
Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz Prinz von Hessen-Kassel was
signed and dated 'Assia 59' (lower right), the first; signed and dated 'Assia 98'
born on 30 October 1927 in Rome, Italy. He was the son of Philipp Landgraf
(lower left), the second
von Hessen-Kassel and Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana di Savoia-
watercolor on board, the first; watercolor on paper, the second
Carignano, Principessa di Savoia. He was also known as Enrico d'Assia.
15Ω x 12æ in. (39.4 x 32.4 cm.), the first; 6æ x 4º in. (17.2 x 12 cm.), the second
Executed in 1959, the first; executed in 1998, the second. (2)
$1,000-1,500

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BERNARD H. DAMS AND EDWARD ANDREW ZEGA (AMERICAN/
GERMAN, 20TH CENTURY)
Bronze vase at Versailles
titled, dated and signed 'Bronze Vase at Versailles/1995 Edward Arthur
Zega/+Bernard H. Dams' (verso)
watercolor and ink on paper
13º x 13.13/4 in. (34.3 x 35 cm.)
Executed in 1995.
$1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE:
With Didier Aaron, Inc. New York.
After a design by French sculptor Claude Ballin, the large garden vase in the
shape of an urn was executed in bronze for the gardens of Versailles in 1665.
Artist Jean Le Pautre reproduced Ballin's designs in etchings in the following
decade, which popularized Ballin's garden vases throughout Europe and in
various iterations.

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