Edmund Dulac | Madame s’est pique le doigt, 1907, signed by the artist

Dulac, Edmund

Madame s’est pique le doigt, 1907

300 x 420mm. (frame 500 x 602mm.), watercolour, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE ARTIST ON LOWER LEFT ("07"), mounted, framed and glazed

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) was a French-British illustrator, and prominent figure of the Golden Age of Illustration (1880s – 1920s). Best known for his book illustrations, Dulac also produced caricatures, theatre designs and postage stamps. Dulac produced much of his book illustration work in association with the Leicester Galleries, and the publishers Hodder & Stoughton.

This watercolour was not produced with a specific publication in mind, but was included in the The Leicester Galleries annual exhibition of illustrations for upcoming publications in 1907, from which all exhibited works were sold.

PROVENANCE:

Purchased from The Leicester Galleries, November-December 1907, no.44; from the collection of the late Colin White

EXHIBITION:

The Leicester Galleries, November-December 1907, no.44 | Sheffield City Art Galleries, November 1982- May 1983, no. 13: label to verso | Dulwich Picture Galleries, 28 November 2007-17 February 2008, no. 100

LITERATURE:

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Water-colour drawings illustrating stories from "The Arabian Nights", By Edmund Dulac, Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, London, November-December 1907; Colin White, Edmund Dulac, p.29, 32.; Edmund Dulac: illustrator and designer, 1882-1953 : a centenary exhibition, Sheffield: Sheffield City Art Galleries, 1982; The age of enchantment : Beardsley, Dulac and their contemporaries, 1890-1930, London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, [2007]