Circle of Julien Dupré (French, late 19th Century)

Au pâturage

Details

Circle of Julien Dupré (French, late 19th Century)
Au pâturage
bears the signature and date 'Julien Dupré 1882' (lower left)
pencil and charcoal on paper
15 x 20¾ in. (38 x 53 cm.)
Executed circa 1882

Sale room notice

Please note this lot is wrongly illustrated in the catalogue. The illustration in the catalogue is Dupre's Au Paturage in the Universty of Kentucky Art Museum. This lot is sold unframed.

Lot Essay

Julien Dupre's entry to the 1882 Paris Salon, no. 939, Au Pâturage (Washington University Art Museum, St. Louis), was considered one of his most successful paintings. It received tremendous critical acclaim when it was exhibited in 1882, and was so popular that Dupre painted a replica (University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington ). In addition to the replica, the image was engraved by Edmond Yon, and a sketch is known to exist as it was reproduced in the Figures Contemporaines of the Album Mariani. It has been suggested that the present drawing was executed after Dupre's painting and served as the preparation for the engraving by Yon.

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