Lot 18
  • 18

Etienne Dinet

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Etienne Dinet
  • Palmiers dans l'oasis
  • Porte le cachet de la signature en arabe en bas à droite

     

  • Aquarelle et gouache sur papier beige
  • 24 x 22 cm ; 9 1/2 by 8 1/2 in

Exhibited

Les peintres du désert, Musée Joseph Déchelette, Roanne, 2006, reproduit.

Literature

Denise Brahimi et Koudir Benchikou, La vie et l'oeuvre d'Etienne Dinet, ACR Edition, Courbevoie, 1991,  p.273, repr n°492.

Condition

Very good overall condition. The paper bears a slight vertical fold in the center. Some small stains. No traces of restoration
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Catalogue Note

Il s'agit d'une étude pour les arbres à l'arrière plan du Djouak (Denise Brahimi et Koudir Benchikou, La vie et l'oeuvre d'Etienne Dinet, ACR Edition, Courbevoie, 1991, p.293, repr. n°331-1). 
Instrument de musique local ayant la forme d'une flûte en roseau, le Djouak est un thème pittoresque traité à plusieurs reprises par Dinet.