Couple de Grands Ducs, c. 1927
Oil on cardboard, signed lower left
53 x 65.50 cm
History:
This model led to the creation of an etching which appeared in the second etching portfolio published by Éditions Apollo for Galerie Weill in 1931 and of which we are presenting a luxury etching proof during this exhibition. This painting also served as a model for one of Pierre Loti's illustrations of the Pèlerin d’Angkor, published in 1930 (p.24).
Provenance:
Paul Jouve's collection
Purchase from the artist by the father of the current owner
Bibliography:
Félix Marcilhac, Paul Jouve peintre sculpteur animalier, Les éditions de l’Amateur, 2005, illustrated in colours on p.158 et p.369.
Expositions :
Jouve, Galerie Charpentier, 76 Faubourg Saint Honoré, 12 - 27 November 1927.
Exposition du Groupe des 4, Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, Paris, 16 - 31 December 1927, n° 65.
Exposition du Groupe des 4, Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, Paris, 15 - 29 December 1928, n° 63.