Gustav Adolf Mossa French, 1883-1971

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Description

Gustav Adolf Mossa
Les Sphynges
titled, signed and dated LES SPHYNGES, GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA NICIENSIS PINXIT MCMVI l.l., and inscribed ENCOR DU SANG! TOUS LES PARFUMS DE L'ARABIE NE PURIFIERONT PAS CES PETITES MAINS LA. (SHAKESPEARE) l.r.
watercolour, pencil, pen and ink and gouache, heightened with gold on paper
47.6 by 35.5 cm., 18 3/4 by 14 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Private Collection, Paris

Exhibited

Chicago, 1981, no. 23

Literature

Soubiran, Provence, 1978, no. 146
Soubiran, Nice, 1978, no. 134, illustrated
Soubiran, 1985, p. 77, no. 88, illustrated
Paris, 1992, exh. cat., p. 54, illustrated

Catalogue Note

Executed in 1906.