Tigres s’abreuvant, c.1937
Original lithograph on Imperial Japanese paper, signed, embossed stamp lower right, numbered 32/60 lower left. Edition of 60.
56 x 93 cm
History:
The painting that served as a model for this lithograph is one of Jouve's two large canvases that adorned the Salon des Correspondances of the Normandie ship. The largest and fastest cruise ship of its time and a masterpiece of the Decorative Arts, the Normandie was put into service in 1935 by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, which had enlisted several decorators and assemblers whose work is emblematic of the Art Deco period.
Bibliography:
Félix Marcilhac, Paul Jouve peintre sculpteur animalier, Les éditions de l’Amateur, 2005, a copy is illustrated p. 241 and in the etchings' inventory p. 374.
Christian Eludut, Le monde animal dans l'art décoratif des années 30, Éditions BGO, Paris, 2007, a copy is illustrated p.34.