FELICIEN ROPS – “LES SATANIQUES”
“LES SATANIQUES”
Pencil and watercolor on paper
11 x 17.2 cm.
With the frame: 30.3 x 36.5 x 1.3 cm.
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LOUIS ICART – WATERCOLOR
WATERCOLOR
Watercolor used for the illustration of “Gargantua and Pantagruel” by François Rabelais
Signed bottom right and annotated on the left Livre 1 Chap LV
24 x 18.5 cm.
MARIE LAURENCIN – Stencil enhanced with watercolor
Stencil enhanced with watercolor
Signed
GEORGES CLAIRIN – “SARAH BERNHARDT DANS LE ROLE DE THEODORA”, 1893
“SARAH BERNHARDT DANS LE ROLE DE THEODORA”, 1893
Ink drawing highlighted with blue
Signed, dated 1893 and dedicated A Mr Victor Ullmann / son ami
Victor Ullman was the director of the Sarah Bernhardt theatre
18.5 x 21.5 cm.
GEORGES CLAIRIN – “SARAH BERNHARDT DANS LE ROLE DE LA TOSCA POIGNARDANT LE BARON SCARPIA”, 1893
“SARAH BERNHARDT DANS LE ROLE DE LA TOSCA POIGNARDANT LE BARON SCARPIA”, 1893
Ink drawing highlighted with blue
Signed, dated 1893 and dedicated A son ami V. Ullmann
Victor Ullman was the director of the Sarah Bernhardt theatre
18.5 x 24.3 cm.
WALTER SPINDLER – “SARAH BERNHARDT INVOQUANT DIOTIMA”, 1908
“SARAH BERNHARDT INVOQUANT DIOTIMA”, 1908
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Monogrammed twice and dated 15 juin 1908
Bearing the inscription: Diva Sarah Bernhardt Musa Imperatrix a Diotima
A Diotima tous mes désirs, tous mes devoirs me viennent d’elle
18 x 24 cm.
With the frame: 53 x 47 cm.
Exhibition
Sarah Bernhardt, Espace Cardin, Paris, 31 March-30 May 1976, n. 119, ill. in color p. 43
Sarah Bernhardt, Munich, 1984.
Stars et monstres sacrés, Les dossiers du Musée d’Orsay, Orsay, Paris, 1987, ill. p. 62
Sarah Bernhardt, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing, 1987, ill. p. 62
Sarah Bernhardt ou le divin mensonge, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, du 3 October-4 February 2001, ill. p. 113
Sarah Bernhardt The Art of high drama, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2 December-2 April 2006,
The Jewish Museum, Amsterdam, ill. p. 98
Sarah Bernhardt Et la femme créa la star, Petit Palais, 14 April-27 August 2023
Bibliography
Le Figaro Patrimoine, 11 May 2001, ill. p. 35
Sarah Bernhardt, The Art of High Drama, Yale University Press, 2005, ill. full color page p. 98
Provenance
Vente Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, 11-13 June 1923, sold 5.100 F.
Collection Michel de Bry
Vente Sarah Bernhardt et son époque, Maîtres Chayette & Cheval, Camard expert, 23 April 1997, lot 154
Collection Daniel Ladeuille.
Vente La Belle Epoque de Sarah Bernhardt, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris, Maître Binoche, lot 38
SOLD
LEONARD SARLUIS – “JEUNE FEMME PENSIVE” or “FEMME AU TURBAN”, 1910
“JEUNE FEMME PENSIVE” or “FEMME AU TURBAN”, 1910
Charcoal and sanguine
Dedicaced to Mr. Hennion, signed and dated 1910
46.2 x 32 cm.
CHARLES MAURIN – “FEMME A L’ENFANT AU MIROIR”
“FEMME A L’ENFANT AU MIROIR”
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Signed lower right
62 x 48 cm.
VICTOR MOULINET – “L’ETOILE DES INCONNUS”, CIRCA 1900
“L’ETOILE DES INCONNUS”, CIRCA 1900
Indian ink and color. Signed lower left and marked:
X, Etoile des inconnus ! jambes et bras ouverts, tout nus. Croix charnelle ou l’homme s’immole
26.5 x 19.3 cm.
LOUIS HESTAUX – “LA MOSELLE”, CIRCA 1900
“LA MOSELLE”, CIRCA 1900
Watercolor and carved frame
Signed lower right
20.5 x 32 cm.
JEAN-MARC REISER – “QU’EST-CE QUE JE M’EMMERDE”
“QU’EST-CE QUE JE M’EMMERDE”
Drawing
Signed
ARMAND POINT – “LA FEMME A LA FLEUR”, CIRCA 1900
“LA FEMME A LA FLEUR”, CIRCA 1900
Oil on panel
Bears a shipping label at the back evidencing a loan from Miss Morere, Paris
24.5 x 19 cm.
MANUEL ORAZI – LA MAISON MODERNE – RARE LITHOGRAPH “FEMME AUX ORCHIDEES”, CIRCA 1902-1904
RARE LITHOGRAPH “FEMME AUX ORCHIDEES”, CIRCA 1902-1904
Colour lithograph
Signed, with the artist’s circular seal adapted from a Japanese motif
46 x 61.5 cm.
Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis Publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 197-198
Manuel Orazi designed important Art Nouveau posters for La Maison Moderne, as well as for Sarah Bernhardt, the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Loïe Fuller, and the Palais de la Danse. His works in oils, gouache and watercolours were exhibited
at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1897. He also supplied illustrations for periodicals and for books. As the principal artist working for La Maison Moderne, besides a poster, he created objets d’art and jewellery
CHARLES MAURIN – “LA TOILETTE”
“LA TOILETTE”
Charcoal drawing
Signed lower left
60 x 45 cm.
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN – “LES TROIS CHATS”, 1915
“LES TROIS CHATS”, 1915
Charcoal, black pencil, watercolor
GEORGES ROCHEGROSSE – “LA MORT”, BEFORE 1910
“LA MORT”, BEFORE 1910
Watercolour
This is the watercolour that was used to illustrate Charles Baudelaire’s famous book Les Fleurs du Mal, engraved by Eugène Decisy and titled La Mort
RENE LEVERD – “HERETIQUE SUR LE BUCHER”, CIRCA 1900
“HERETIQUE SUR LE BUCHER”, CIRCA 1900
Watercolor
Signed lower left
48 x 32 cm.
GEORGES DE FEURE – “VIEUX MONSIEUR DECORE, JEUNE FEMME DEBRAILLEE”, CIRCA 1900
“VIEUX MONSIEUR DECORE, JEUNE FEMME DEBRAILLEE”, CIRCA 1900
Lithograph on vellum
Signed with the initials of the artist and dedicated A mon ami John N… chaleureusement d.F
25.5 x 18.5 cm.
Bibliography
Ian Millman, Georges de Feure, Maître du symbolisme et de l’Art Nouveau, ACR édition, Courbevoie (Paris), 1992, ill. p. 22
GEORGES ROCHEGROSSE – “DREAMS”, BEFORE 1910
“DREAMS”, BEFORE 1910
Watercolour and indian ink on paper
Signed
34.5 x 23.5 cm.
This is the watercolour that was used to illustrate Charles Baudelaire’s famous book Les Fleurs du Mal by Rochegrosse
It represents the poet Baudelaire and his inspiration
GEORGES CLAIRIN – “FETE FLEURIE”, CIRCA 1900
“FETE FLEURIE”, CIRCA 1900
Gouache and watercolor
41 x 29 cm.
SOLD
GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA – “SUZANNE ET LES VIEILLARDS” TRIPTYCH, 1906
“SUZANNE ET LES VIEILLARDS” TRIPTYCH, 1906
Watercolor, ink, gouache and pencil on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated lower center: GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA NICIENSIS PINXIT MCMVI and titled below the central panel SUZANNE ET LES VIEILLARDS
36.7 x 56 cm.
Exhibition
Exposition d’œuvres d’Alexis et de Gustav Adolf Mossa, L’Artistique, Nice, 1909, n. 92
Exposition d’œuvres de G.A. Mossa, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 1911, n. 21
Gustave-Adolphe Mossa. Niciensis Pinxit, Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, France, 29 January – 15 May 2022
Bibliography
Un Domino, Le Gaulois, Echos de partout, 5 April 1911
Léon Riotor, Le Radical, Echos, 11 April 1911
Gustav Adolf Mossa, catalogue raisonné des œuvres “symbolistes”, Somogy éditions d’art, 2010, n. A154, ill. p. 221
GEORGES CLAIRIN – PORTRAIT OF SARAH BERNHARDT AT BELLE-ILE-SUR-MER, CIRCA 1900
PORTRAIT OF SARAH BERNHARDT AT BELLE-ILE-SUR-MER, CIRCA 1900
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed
36 x 22 cm.
GASTON BUSSIERE – “BRUNNHILD”, CIRCA 1900
“BRUNNHILD”, CIRCA 1900
Watercolor
Signed
28 x 20 cm.
LUCIEN LEVY-DHURMER – “LA MOISSON”
“LA MOISSON”
Pastel on paper
Signed lower right
77 x 56 cm.
With the frame: 114 x 96 cm.
Exhibition
Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer/ Visionnaires et Intimistes en 1900, Grand Palais, Paris,
3 March – 30 April 1973, similar work, n. 89 in the exhibition catalogue