The following supplemental
information has been prepared entirely by the current owner, Roberts S. Fastov,
Esq., and, at the collector’s request, has not been edited by Sloans &
Kenyon
Note 1): Per Arader Galleries, San
Francisco:
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"Jean Louis Prevost was a
successful and widely renowned flower painter, respected both for his
watercolor and oil paintings and for his engraved works. His paintings were
consistently exhibited in the Paris Salon, and his original watercolors served
as models for a series of exquisite color plate botanical books. His
Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits is one of the greatest French flower
books of the early nineteenth century. Unlike Redoute, his great
contemporary, Prevost's intention with his works was not primarily
scientific. His great Collection . . . was intended as a reference work for
china and fabric pattern designers (Emphasis added).” Note 2) Prevost's oil paintings
and gouaches of flowers and fruits, per Askart.com, command prices at auction
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