François Desnoyer : Immeuble Garage Royal, 1967 (Watercolour)

By DESNOYER François (1894-1972)

François Desnoyer (1894–1972)
Immeuble Garage Royal, 1967
Watercolour, pen and brush in black ink
Signed, dated and inscribed by hand, lower left: “Pour Yves Guérin / Desnoyer / 1967”

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: A sun-filled Mediterranean street scene — tall ochre and yellow apartment blocks with blue-and-white striped awnings, a central palm tree, parked cars and a passer-by with a child on a bicycle, the “Garage Royal” signage at lower left. The vivid Fauve colour and bold black contour are characteristic of François Desnoyer, a French painter, sculptor and lithographer of the modern school, friend and studio-mate of Albert Marquet, who settled in Sète, represented France at the 1952 Venice Biennale alongside Léger and Dufy, and was named official painter of the Navy. A fully realised, characteristic watercolour, dedicated by hand to the collector.

Price : 350,00 € ( 398.00 USD )