DREUX, Alfred de [Pierre-Alfred Dedreux] (1810-1860)

Lot 70
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Lot 70 | DREUX, Alfred de [Pierre-Alfred Dedreux] (1810-1860)
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
DREUX, Alfred de [Pierre-Alfred Dedreux] (1810-1860)

Souvenirs Equestres. Paris: Goupil & Vibert, [n.d. but c. 1842].

Very rare series of lithographic plates by celebrated artist Alfred de Dreux capturing all manner of equestrian activities. De Dreux was born in Paris in 1810, the son of the architect Pierre-Anne de Dreux. His interest in art was fostered from an early age by his uncle, the artist Dedreux-Dorcy, a close friend of the painter Gericault, whose choice of subjects, notably horses, were to have a lasting influence on the young artist. During the 1820s he studied under Léon Cogniet, and his equestrian portrait of The White Stallion, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1831, revealed the strong influence of Stubbs on his work, recalling in particular Stubbs's Horse attacked by a Lion (1770). From the mid-1840s de Dreux travelled frequently to England where he particularly admired the work of Landseer. The present suite, published during de Dreux’s stint in England, beautifully displays the artist’s unique compositions that merged the distinctive French and English styles; the delicate modelling of the animals and the soft linework of the topography complementing the depictions of traditionally English hunting scenes. Bobins IV, 1395.



Folio (471 x 361mm). Lithographic title in gilt, two sets of 24 lithographic plates, one in sepia the other in colour (scattered spotting and marginal finger soiling throughout). Late 19th-century red straight-grained half morocco with marbled boards by Stroobants, leaves on mounts, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and gilt lettering (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Carlo de Poortere (bookplate; sold Sotheby’s, 6 November 2014, lot 286.) — art nouveau bookplate with motto ‘Librorum Flos Illibatus.’





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