Couple de tigres au repos, c. 1930
Oil on paper mounted on cardboard, signed lower left
42.50 x 102.50 cm
History:
This painting was executed in the 1930s. It was exhibited at the Druet Gallery for a solo exhibition of the artist, then at the Musée de la France d'Outre-Mer in 1955. It was then kept in the painter's studio before being sold to the father of the current owner.
Provenance :
Paul Jouve's Collection
Purchased from the artist by the current owner's father
Bibliography:
Félix Marcilhac, Paul Jouve peintre sculpteur animalier, Les éditions de l’Amateur, 2005, illustrated on p. 210.
Exhibition history:
Exposition Paul Jouve (œuvres anciennes et récentes), Galerie Druet, 20 rue Royale, Paris, 5 -16 December 1938, n°22.
Exposition Paul Jouve, Musée de la France d’outre-mer, Paris, 16 April - 8 May 1955, n°26.