Preparatory drawings for the illustrated book Iñes de la Sierras by Charles Nordier

細節

Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Preparatory drawings for the illustrated book Iñes de la Sierras by Charles Nordier
pencil on paper; fourteen drawings
10 x 6¾ in. (25.6 x 17.3 cm.) and smaller
Executed circa 1946 (14)

來源

Cécile Richard, Brussels, a gift from the artist.
Félix Richard (son of the above), France, a gift from the above in 1975.
Librairie R.B.P., Lyon, by whom acquired from the above in 2002.
Acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2007, lot 237.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

注意事項

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榮譽呈獻

Cornelia Svedman

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拍品專文

Charles van Deun has confirmed the authenticity of these works.

This lot includes fourteen drawings (of which three with a blank reserved area for text), four cover projects, two pages with lettrines or chapter headers, a hand-written list of illustrations planned, a page with part of the text in calligraphy, and two letters from the artist to the publisher and a letter from the publisher to the artist; loose within a slipcase designed by J.-L. Tellier.

In 1946 Mrs Richard-Sauvenier from La Licorne Edition in Brussels, commissioned Delvaux to illustrate Charles Nodier's novel Iñes de las Sierras, circa 1841, which told the dramatic life of the beautiful Iñes, although it remained unpublished. The present lot comprises the original drawings and projects for the book's lithographic illustrations.