Grand Duc ébouriffé, c. 1928
Oil on cardboard, signed lower left
54 x 72 cm
History:
This oil was first chosen to serve as a model for Grand duc ébouriffé, which appears in the etching portfolio published by Apollo for the Weill Gallery in 1930. Once again Jouve chose this painting to be included in his biography written by Charles Terrasse and published in 1948. The artist also used this motif as a lamp to illustrate Colette's book Paradis terrestres (p.37) in 1932. The work is presented in its original frame.
Provenance:
Paul Jouve's collection
Purchsed from the artist by the current owner's father
Bibliography:
Charles Terrasse, Paul Jouve,Edition du Plantin, Paris, 1948, reproduit en p. 147.
Félix Marcilhac, Paul Jouve peintre sculpteur animalier, Les éditions de l’Amateur, 2005, illustrated on p.158.
Exhibition history:
Galerie Colette Weill, 71 rue de la Boétie, Paris, January 1930 (group show).
Paul Jouve, Galerie Giraudo, Avenue de l’Opéra, Paris, 6 - 21 June 1946.
Salon des Artistes Français (painting), Palais de New-York, Paris, 1948.