ID 818783
Lot 126 | GUSTAVE MOREAU (PARIS 1826-1898)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
Costume design for Sapho
signed with monogram ‘GM’ (lower left) and inscribed in graphite ‘Mme Krauss - Sapho- / robe blanche -/ ornements violets […] vert’/ manteau scabieuse ou noir’ (lower right)
graphite, on thin wove paper
11 3/8 x 7 in. (29.1 x 17.7 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 December 1930, lot 134 (sold for 70 francs).
Gustave Lebel (1870-1945), Paris; by descent to
Jean Ehrmann (1902-1984), Paris (L. 3581).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 4 April 1978, lot 113.
Private collection, The Netherlands, by 1992.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 10 July 1995, lot 103.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
P.-L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, sa vie, son œuvre. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre achevé, Paris, 1976, no. 296, ill.
P.-L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau. Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Oxford, 1977, no. 296, ill.
P.-L. Mathieu, Gustave Moreau. Monographie et nouveau catalogue de l’œuvre achevé, Paris, 1998, no. 332, ill.
| Artist: | Gustave Moreau (1826 - 1898) |
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| Applied technique: | Graphite |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Gustave Moreau (1826 - 1898) |
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| Applied technique: | Graphite |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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