ID 1390052
Lot 112 | THÉODULE AUGUSTIN RIBOT (SAINT-NICOLAS-D'ATTEZ 1823-1891 COLOMBES)
Valeur estimée
€ 2 000 – 3 000
Jeune homme assis lisant
plume et encre noire, aquarelle
13,2 x 10,5 cm (5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Marquis Philippe de Chennevières (1820-1899), Paris et Bellesme (L. 2073); sa vente, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4-7 avril 1900, lot 704, adjugé 20 francs à Michel.
Literature
P. de Chennevières, L'Artiste. Une collection de dessins d'artistes français, Paris, août 1895, IX, p. 101.
L.-A. Prat, L. Lhinares, La collection Chennevières. Quatre siècle de dessins français, Paris, 2007, n° 422 (localisation inconnue).
Further details
THÉODULE AUGUSTIN RIBOT, A YOUNG SEATED MAN AND READING, PEN AND BLACK INK, WATERCOLOUR
A realist painter less well known than his contemporary Gustave Courbet but just as evocative in his choice of subjects, Ribot has only recently come under critical scrutiny. Inspired by the paintings of Rembrandt and Juseppe de Ribera, Ribot's work is characterised by a pronounced taste for dark tones, with dramatic chiaroscuro, but without excessive emphasis. Reflecting the artist's modest origins, he took particular care in depicting everyday objects and scenes, which he captured in his family and friends (E. Delapierre, L. Georget, A. Hemery (eds.), Théodule Ribot 1823-1891, une délicieuse obscurité, cat. exp., Paris, 2021, p.29). Having belonged to the famous Marquis de Chennevières, the present sheet shows a young man absorbed in reading a newspaper: this theme of childhood and reading is found in two other drawings by the artist, one in the Morgan Library in New York (Seated Man Reading, inv. 2001.58), the other in the Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts (Four Girls Studying a Drawing, inv. 2010.289), in which the dark washes are also enhanced with watercolour.
| Artiste: | Théodule-Augustin Ribot (1823 - 1891) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Peint, Aquarelle |
| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Papier, Plastique |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
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| Artiste: | Théodule-Augustin Ribot (1823 - 1891) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Peint, Aquarelle |
| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Papier, Plastique |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Dessins, Aquarelles et dessins |
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