Vente par "Christie's Paris, France" du 30/11/2006

Eau-forte sur parchemin

41 x 78 cm. (16 1/8 x 30¾ in.)
Signée Jouve et annotée épreuve d'artiste hors marge, en bas à droite

AN ETCHING ON VELLUM BY PAUL JOUVE, CIRCA 1927
Signed and annotated 'artist proof'

Fifty etchings of this model were edited plus a few rare on leather or on vellum, amongst which our Lot. There should only be three etchings on vellum.
One of these etchings was exhibited at the time at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1929 and at the Galerie Georges Petit the same year. More recently, in 2002, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Poitiers showed one example in vellum, part of their collections