Jules-René Hervé : Vue d’Honfleur, 1968 (Coloured pencils)

By HERVE Jules-René (1887-1981)

Jules-René Hervé (1887–1981)
Vue d’Honfleur, 1968
Coloured pencils
Signed and inscribed by hand, lower right: “Pour Yves Guérin”

Dimensions:
Sheet 29.7 × 21 cm (11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in.) — Image: nearly the full sheet

Condition: good condition, unframed

Provenance: Livre d’Or de Yves Guérin, compiled 1963–1992 (single-owner provenance; the dedications place the collector in the Riviera and Dinard casino milieu).

Description: An intimate interior opening through a window onto the harbour of Honfleur — a table with vessels and a chair in the foreground, boats and water beyond — rendered in free, impressionistic coloured-pencil hatching. Jules-René Hervé, “the last of the Impressionists,” was a French painter trained at the École des Arts Décoratifs and the Beaux-Arts, vice-president of the Salon des Artistes Français and a gold-medal winner, celebrated above all for his animated Parisian scenes; his work is held in French museums (Langres, Annecy) and is especially prized in the United States. A late, freely handled sheet, dedicated by hand to the collector.

Price : 300,00 € ( 341.00 USD )