Lot 214
  • 214

Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey
  • an inlet, with a boat under construction
  • Watercolor and gouache over black chalk;
    signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: E. Isabey

Provenance

By descent in the family of the artist;
presented by his nephew, G. Demay?, to Mme W. Le Cesne, January 1925 (according to an inscription which was on the old backing: A Madame W. LeCesne/ avec mes meilleurs souhaits/ 1er Janvier 1925/ G. Demay (?)/ neveu du peintre Isabey)

 

Condition

Seems in good condition. Either is done on thickish paper or has been well-laid down
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Catalogue Note

Eugène Isabey, the son of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, pursued a successful career as a landscape artist.  A friendship with Richard Parkes Bonington was influential on his technique, as he adopted the English practice of using a light or white ground for his watercolors, rather than the darker French equivalent.  He was a prolific painter in watercolor and made numerous sketches throughout his career which sometimes served for finished paintings but more often were autonomous works.