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[SCHEFFER, Jean Gabriel (1797-1876)]

Lot 241
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 993009
Lot 241 | [SCHEFFER, Jean Gabriel (1797-1876)]
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
[SCHEFFER, Jean Gabriel (1797-1876)]

[Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1824, some plates watermarked 1823.]

Exceedingly rare first issue containing all six parts, seldom found complete with the total 36 plates. Jean Gabriel Scheffer, a Swiss genre painter and lithographer, captures the contemporary manners, customs, and costumes of Parisian society in this present suite; his lithographs displaying his typical wryly humorous style, most plates signed with his ‘J.S.’ signature. His work was influenced by his studies with Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829) and his friendship with painters such as Jean-Baptiste Regnault Corot 1796-1875), Claude Françoise Théodore d’Aligny (1798-1871), and Louis Léopold Robert (1794-1835). By the early 1820s Scheffer had firmly established himself in the Parisian artistic scene, showing his work at the Salon de Paris from 1822. Indeed, as seen with the present publication, with great charm and wry humour, Scheffer's illustrations offered a unique perspective on typical scenes and were readily consumed by the general public. He continued to collaborate with printer-publisher Chez Martinet, creating memorable works such as Scènes de jeunes gens (1825), Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense (1829), and Petits travers (1830). Bobins IV, 1261; Lipperheide Xe 339 (with only 34 plates).



Small folio (343 x 245mm). 36 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand (light spotting and marginal finger soiling, tiny marginal hole to plates 1-13, chip to corner of plate 13). Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards, spine ruled in gilt with modern red morocco gilt label (extremities rubbed).





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Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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