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CHARLES JOUAS (PARIS 1866-1942 ?)
La cathédrale de Reims; Incendie de la cathédrale de Reims; Notre dame de Reims: l'annonciation; Notre Dame de Reims: l'ange de l'annonciation au portail
signé, inscrit et daté 'Reims Mai 1914./Ch.Jouas' (1); signé, inscrit et daté 'Cariatide de plomb/du clocher à l'Ange/anéanti dans l'incendie de la Cathédrale/allumé par le bombardement des allemands/Le 19 septembre 1914/Mai 1914 Ch. Jouas' (2); signé, inscrit et daté 'Notre Dame de Reims/l'Annonciation/ébregement de la porte centrale/Mai/1914 Ch. Jouas' (3); signé, inscrit et daté 'Notre Dame de Reims/l'Ange de l'Annonciation/au portail occidental/Mai 1914 Ch. Jouas' (4)
Mine de plomb, craie et aquarelle sur papier (1); mine de plomb et craie sur carton (2); pastel et craie rouge sur carton (3 et 4); 2, 3 et 4 non-encadrées
66 x 51 cm. (26 x 20 in.) (1); 32 x 25,5 cm (12½ x 10 in.) (2); 39 x 28 cm. (15 1/3 x 11 in.) (3); 48 x 34,5 cm. (19 x 13½ in.) (4) (4)
Provenance
Ancienne collection de Monsieur et Madame B., Normandie.
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Further details
FOUR VIEWS OF REIMS CATHEDRAL AND ITS STATUES, PENCIL, COLOURED CRAYON AND WATERCOLOUR, THREE UNFRAMED, ALL SIGNED AND DATED BY CHARLES JOUAS
With the later inscription on the second drawing, Charles Jouas records the destruction caused to the cathedral of Reims by a German bombardment in September 1914. He published an album of 71 engravings of the destruction of Reims during the First World War, entitled 'Reims dévasté' in 1932. Jouas was an architectural draughtsman and engraver, who especially made engravings of the great cathedrals of France.
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