Rodolphe Bresdin (Montrelais 1825-1885 Sèvres)

The letter T with a Regency Marquis standing next to a table with a large pot below a canopy, a dog on the left and bird flying on the right

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Rodolphe Bresdin (Montrelais 1825-1885 Sèvres)
The letter T with a Regency Marquis standing next to a table with a large pot below a canopy, a dog on the left and bird flying on the right
signed, dated and inscribed '31 mai', 'RODOLPHine Bresdin RODOLPHE Bresdin 1878.' and 'Exposition Paris RB 1878' (in reverse)
pen and black ink on light brown paper
7 x 5¾ in. (177 x 145 mm.); with M. E. Bergeret, Les chefs-d'oeuvres d'art à l'exposition universelle de 1878, Paris, 1879; Rodolphine's Bresdin copy of A. Fourès, Rodolphe Bresdin dit Chien-Caillou, Carcassonne, 1891, dedicated by the author and annotated by Rodolphine; A print with Bresdin's drystamp (L. 2194); and A photograph signed by Rodolphine of a drawing by Bresdin (5)

Literature

M. Preaud, Rodolphe Bresdin, Robinson graveur, exhib. cat., Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 2000, p. 63.

Lot Essay

A study for one of the two small initials designed by Bresdin for the large collection of articles bound in a book Exposition Universelle de 1878. The drawing for the other letter, 'A', is in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (M. Préaud, op.cit., no. 27). The other drawing is similarly inscribed with the name of the artist's daughter Rodolphine. Included with this lot is Rodolphine's own copy of Fourès' Chien-Caillou, the first book published on Rodolphe Bresdin and including an extensive description of the present composition.

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