Tableaux, Sculptures et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle

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Lot 151
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JULES BASTIEN LEPAGE | Emile dressed as Cyrano

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Emile dressed as Cyrano
  • Signed, dated, dedicated and situated lower right J.B.L. / à son petit frère / Paris Mai 83
  • Oil on canvas
  • 41,7 x 32,7 cm ; 16 3/8  by 12 7/8  in.

Provenance

Artist's family collection

Exhibited

Hommage à Jules Bastien-Lepage, Musée de la Princerie, Montmédy, Musée Citadelle, Verdun, 1984, n°36

Literature

Marie-Madeleine Aubrun, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre, Paris, 1985, n°424, illustrated p. 261

Catalogue Note

This painting represents Emile, Jules Bastien-Lepage's brother, who was architect. He is wearing a costume of Cyrano, character played by Coquelin Aîné at the theater. Coquelin Aîné and Bastien Lepage were friends.