An Important Symbolist Collection: lots 78 to 123
Georges de Feure
Buffon; Egypan
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November 13, 02:34 PM GMT
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3,500 - 5,000 EUR
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Georges de Feure
Paris 1868 - 1943
Buffon
Egypan
Both, pen and black ink, gouache on paper
The former, signed lower right G deFeure; the latter, signed lower right De Feure
(I) 240 x 147 mm ; 9½ by 5¾ in. ; (II) 226 x 115 mm ; 8⅞ by 4½ in.
(2)
Anonymous sale, Briest Scp., Paris, 2 July 1992, lot 238 (Egypan);
Where acquired by Mlle J.;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Tokyo, Odakyu Grand Gallery and Osaka, Daimaru Museum, Umeda, Georges de Feure, July-September 1990, no. 63 (Buffon).
I. Millman, Georges De Feure, Maître du Symbolisme et de l’Art Nouveau, Courbevoie 1992, p. 248 (Buffon).
In 1910, Henri-Gabriel Ibels was appointed Director of Costumes at the Théâtre de l'Odéon. Shortly afterwards, Georges de Feure went into partnership with Ibels to set up the Atelier Ibels-de Feure – they had both previously taken part in the Expositions des Peintres Impressionnistes et Symbolistes at the Galerie Le Barc in Boutteville in 1892 and 1893. The aim of the Atelier was to design city suits and theatrical costumes, painted and embroidered fabrics and, more generally, artistic accessories. However, none of the costumes created by the two artists have been traced.
Jester and Egypan bear witness to this partnership. The drawings can be identified by the letters Ar I.d.F., for Atelier Ibels et de Feure. Ian Millman assumes that the crossed-out inscription means that these drawings were in De Feure’s possession when their association came to an end.
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