French painter (1852-1929). Autograph signature. [Postmark: Neuilly sur Seine. Oblong 8vo (postcard). ½ page.
$ 209 / 180 €
(84344/BN54847)
Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau. - Exhibiting at the Paris Salon from 1875 onwards, Dagnan-Bouveret was one of the leading French artists of the naturalist school, specializing in peasant scenes of Brittany as well as mystical-religious compositions, and was one of the first artists to use photography as a means of bringing greater realism to his paintings. - Self-addressed by the collector. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.
French painter (1852-1929). Autograph lettercard signed. [Paris]. Oblong 8vo. 1 p. With autograph address.
$ 139 / 120 €
(91656/BN60977)
To the art critic and custodian at the Petit Palais, Henry Lapauze (1867-1925), asking him to return not to him but directly to the owner, a cleric named Abbé Allix, a drawing by Dagnan-Bouveret that he had made available for the Christmas edition of Le Gaulois. In the second part of the letter, Dagnan-Bouveret comments on the presentation, specfically the framing of his early painting "Bacchus enfant adoré", possibly at the Petit Palais: "Auriez-vous l'obligeance de vous occuper de la sanguine que j'ai prêtée pour le Numéro de Noël du Gaulois, et de faire en sorte qu'elle soit rendue le plus tôt possible à Monsieur l'Abbé Allix 50 Rue François Ier.
Mr l'abbé Allix s'en inquiète et j'annonçais qu'on lui fit au plus tôt le plaisir de le remettre en possession de ce dessin qu'on lui a enlevé le lendemain du jour où il l'a reçu. Mes amis s'amusent beaucoup du Bacchus enfant et, peut-être grâce à ce que j'ai fait depuis, lui accordent quelque mérite. Il me semble que le cadre aurait besoin d'être patiné afin que la coloration fût un peu plus distante de celle du nu. L'ensemble serait moins plat d'effet [...]". - Dagnan-Bouveret had first exhibited the Bacchus at the Salon of 1876, the year he won a second Prix de Rome. - Insignificant water damage and a minor tear to the fold minimally affecting the text..