PINKNEY MARCIUS-SIMONS – ALLEGORY OF HEAVEN AND INFERNO
ALLEGORY OF HEAVEN AND INFERNO
Oil on canvas
Signed
112 x 80 cm.
GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA – LA CIRCE, 1906
LA CIRCE, 1906
Watercolor, gouache, black ink and pencil
Signed, dated HOC OPUS NICIENSIS FECIT / GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA MCMVI lower right
Titled LA CIRCE / Ah combien j’ai bu de boissons faites de larmes de Syrènes, / distillées dans des alambics aussi effroyables que l’enfer
65 x 43 cm.
Exhibition
5ème Exposition des Beaux-Arts de Cannes, Cannes, Hôtel de Ville, 1907
Gustav Adolf Mossa et les symboles, 1883-1971, Nice, galerie des Ponchettes et musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, 7 July – 31 December 1978, n. 114
Gustav Adolf Mossa, l’oeuvre symboliste, 1903-1918, Paris, pavillon des arts, 19 June – 27 September 1992, Montauban, musée Ingres, 22 October 1992 – 3 January 1993, p. 147, n. 72
Gustav Adolf Mossa, l’oeuvre symboliste, 1903-1918, Thessalonique, Centre culturel Vellidio,
5 January- 4 February 1995, Athènes, Institut français, 13 February – 3 March 1995, n. 28
Gustav Adolf Mossa Symbolistiske Arbejder, 1903-1918, Holte, G. Holtegaard, 4 March – 20 June 1999, p. 37, n. 46
L’œuvre secrète de Gustav Adolf Mossa, Namur, Musée Félicien Rops, 30 January – 16 May 2010,
p. 88
Bibliography
G. de Jarrie, L’Exposition des Beaux-Arts de Cannes, in L’Eclaireue de Nice, 17 January 1907, p.5
Le Bourgeois, L’Exposition des Beaux-Arts de Cannes, in Le Journal des Arts, 19 January 1907, p.3
Jean-Roger Soubiran, Les Aquarelles symbolistes et la création plastique symboliste de Gustav Adolf Mossa, PhD dissertation, Aix-en-Provence University – Marseille, 1978, p. 129-130 and p. 500-501,
n. 106
Jean-Roger Soubiran, Les influences gothiques dans l’art symboliste de Gustav Adolf Mossa, in Nice historique, 1978, n. 2, p. 75
Jean-Roger Soubiran, Gustav Adolf Mossa, 1883-1971, Nice, 1985, pp. 60, 80, 212 et fig. 91 p. 81
Sylvie Lombart, Jean-Roger Soubiran, Gustav Adolf Mossa, Catalogue Raisonné des oeuvres symbolistes, Paris, 2010, p. 184-185, n. A116
Exhibition
Formerly in the collection of France Mossa-Lombart, then by descent
LOUIS-AUGUSTE THEODORE-RIVIERE – “JEUNE MUSICIENNE ALGERIENNE”, CIRCA 1890
“JEUNE MUSICIENNE ALGERIENNE”, CIRCA 1890
Oil on panel, signed
25 x 34 cm.
GEORGES DE FEURE – “LES LYS ET LA MORT”, CIRCA 1900
“LES LYS ET LA MORT”, CIRCA 1900
Chinese ink and watercolor drawing
Signed lower right and also signed and dedicated left
25 x 17 cm.
PIERRE RANSON – “PRAIRIE ET RUISSEAU”
“PRAIRIE ET RUISSEAU”
Pastel
Signed lower right
46 x 29.5 cm.
Bibliography
Catalogue raisonné de l’artiste, Brigitte Ranson Bitker, Gilles Genty, Paris, 1999, n. 677, ill. p. 361
EDOUARD-LOUIS HENRY-BAUDOT – “LA GUERRE”, CIRCA 1910
“LA GUERRE”, CIRCA 1910
Charcoal, watercolor and gouache
Signed lower right
100 x 95 cm.
Provenance
The artist’s estate
FELICIEN ROPS – “CLOWNERIE INTIME”
“CLOWNERIE INTIME”
Ink and red pencil on paper
Stamp bottom left M. Pereire
Stamp bottom right JO
12.5 x 9 cm.
With the frame: 32.5 x 27.7 x 2.2 cm.
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.
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
LOUIS HESTAUX – “VALLEE DE LA MOSELLE, MESSEIN”
“VALLEE DE LA MOSELLE, MESSEIN”
Oil on panel
Carved fruit wood frame
Label at the back: Vallée de la Moselle, Société Lorraine des Amis des Arts, Expositon du centenaire 1833 – 1933, désignation: Messein, appartenant à Me Hestaux demeurant à Nancy rue des Tiercelins
21 x 40 cm.
With the frame: 30 x 48 cm.
Exhibition
Louis Hestaux / Collaborateur de Gallé, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 1982, n.127
Metz…Nancy / Nancy…Metz, une histoire de frontière 1861-1909, Metz, musées de la Cour d’Or
18 December 1999 – 12 March 2000, ill. p. 183, n. 200
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist’s family
HENRI LERICHE – “THEODORA, VIERGE ET MARTYRE”, 1892
“THEODORA, VIERGE ET MARTYRE”, 1892
Oil on panel
Signed, dated and inscribed VILLA MEDICIS Jier 1892 / h. Leriche
Illegible dedication. Inscibed “THEODORA VIRGO
51.2 x 41.5 cm.
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
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.
RENE LALIQUE – “NECKLACE WITH PENDANT”, CIRCA 1900
“NECKLACE WITH PENDANT”, CIRCA 1900
Chinese ink, gouache and watercolor
28 x 22 cm.
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN – “RUE DE VILLAGE EN BRETAGNE, LA NUIT”, CIRCA 1900
“RUE DE VILLAGE EN BRETAGNE, LA NUIT”, CIRCA 1900
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
16 x 22 cm.
Steinlen has executed a variant in aquatint with the same scene, without the figures and in full day light
VICTOR PROUVE – “PORTRAIT DE MLLE PAUL”, 1891
“PORTRAIT DE MLLE PAUL”, 1891
Pastel on wood panel
Signed and dated 1891
The frame in “bois de Sainte-Lucie” (prunus mahaleb)
With the frame: 193 x 135 cm.
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1892, n. 1331
Bibliography
Chantal Humbert, Les Arts Décoratifs en Lorraine de la fin du XVIIème siècle à l’ère industrielle,
les éditions de l’amateur, ill. p. 136
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
PINKNEY MARCIUS-SIMONS – “LA VISION DU DEMON”, CIRCA 1900
“LA VISION DU DEMON”, CIRCA 1900
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
34.5 x 26.5 cm.
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.
MAXWELL ASHBY ARMFIELD – TEMPERA ON WOOD “OEDIPE ET LE SPHINX”, CIRCA 1910
TEMPERA ON WOOD “OEDIPE ET LE SPHINX”, CIRCA 1910
After an ink drawing by Charles Ricketts, R.A titled “Oedipe et le Sphinx”
34 x 24 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
ALPHONSE GERMAIN-THILL – “YOUNG BEAUTY WEARING ART NOUVEAU JEWELS”, 1904
“YOUNG BEAUTY WEARING ART NOUVEAU JEWELS”, 1904
Oil on board lined with canvas
Signed lower left and dated (19)04
50 x 36 cm.
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
PINKNEY MARCIUS-SIMONS – “LE GRAAL”, CIRCA 1900
“LE GRAAL”, CIRCA 1900
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
115 x 144 cm.
PINKNEY MARCIUS-SIMONS – “L’APPARITION DU GRAAL A PERCEVAL”
“L’APPARITION DU GRAAL A PERCEVAL”
Oil on panel
Signed
72 x 67 cm.
This painting depicts the moment in Richard Wagner’s opera Parsifal when “The light radiates,
the Graal sets itself ablaze and a dove comes down from the dome above Parsifal.
He refuses to kiss Kundry whom remorseful falls and dies”.
RENE LEVERD – “HERETIQUE SUR LE BUCHER”, CIRCA 1900
“HERETIQUE SUR LE BUCHER”, CIRCA 1900
Watercolor
Signed lower left
48 x 32 cm.
MAURICE CHABAS – “L’APPARITION”
“L’APPARITION”
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
55 x 46 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
FRANCOIS MARIUS VALERE-BERNARD – “LA VIGNE”, 1896
“LA VIGNE”, 1896
Oil on canvas
Signed
92 x 73 cm.
Bibliography
Jean-Roger Soubiran, Valère Bernard, édition Jeanne Laffitte, 1988, ill. p. 136, n. 115
GEORGES CLAIRIN – “FETE FLEURIE”, CIRCA 1900
“FETE FLEURIE”, CIRCA 1900
Gouache and watercolor
41 x 29 cm.
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
EDOUARD LOUIS HENRY-BAUDOT – NAIADE
NAIADE
Gouache
Signed
88 x 98 cm.
Provenance
The artist’s estate