ID 818799
Lot 189 | GUSTAVE MOREAU (FRENCH, 1826-1898)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
Le songe d'un habitant du Mogol
signed 'Gustave Moreau' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper
9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.7 x 19 cm.) inside the border
15 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (38.7 x 31.8 cm.) the sheet
Executed circa 1881
Provenance
Edmund Malassis (1874-1944), Paris.
Private collection, Paris, by 1960, until at least 1989.
Hiroshi Matsuo, Japan, by 1994.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1995, lot 73.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
S. Alexandrian, Gustave Moreau's Universe, New York, 1975, p. 60, as The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogol.
R. Von Holten, L'Art Fantastique de Gustave Moreau, Paris, 1960, p. 38, fig. 53.
P. L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau: sa vie, son oeuvre, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre achevé, Paris, 1976, p. 336, no. 267, illustrated.
P. L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau: Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Oxford, 1977, p. 343, no. 267, pl. 153, illustrated, as The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mongolia.
P. L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, aquarelles, Fribourg, 1984, p. 96.
P. L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, The Watercolors, New York, 1985, p. 84, as The Dream of a Mongol Dweller.
P. L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, Paris, 1994, p. 186, illustrated.
C. Hill, tr., The Fables of La Fontaine, Malakoff, 2021, illustrated, pp. 81, 82, as The Dream of an Inhabitant of the Mughal Empire.
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Gustave Moreau Symboliste, 14 March-25 May 1986, p. 188, no. 71, illustrated, p. 189.
Yamanashi, Departmental Museum of Art, Gustave Moreau et le Symbolisme, 9 September-14 October 1984; also Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art, 27 October-2 December 1984; and Mié, Departmental Museum of Art, 4 January-11 February 1985, p. 110, no. 78, illustrated p. 112.
Florence, Sala d'Arme di Palazzo Vecchio, Gustave Moreau (1828-1898), 18 March-4 June 1989; also Ferrara, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, 25 June-30 September 1989, no. 41, illustrated, as Il Sogno di un abitante del Mogol.
Artist: | Gustave Moreau (1826 - 1898) |
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Applied technique: | Gouache, Watercolor on paper |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Symbolism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Gustave Moreau (1826 - 1898) |
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Applied technique: | Gouache, Watercolor on paper |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Symbolism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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