Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT (1889 - 1969) - Lot 60

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Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT (1889 - 1969) - Lot 60
Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT (1889 - 1969) "Grâces", 1937. Pencil on paper (folds, stains, foxing, small holes). Signed, dedicated "To my friend Georges Trat. Cette esquisse pour le Musée d'Art Moderne" and dated 1937 in pencil lower left. Framer's label on reverse. 30.5 x 53.5 cm (view) Provenance : former Georges Trat collection ? History: study of the motif of the three female figures adorning the upper part of the bas-relief of "La Légende de la Mer", also known as "Allégorie à la gloire des Arts et des Muses", designed by Janniot for the esplanade of the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris for the 1937 Exposition des Arts et Techniques. Bibliography: Collectif, Alfred Janniot Monumental, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2022, pp. 60-61 for a reproduction of a detail showing these three female figures from the bas-relief of "La Légende de la Mer" on the forecourt of the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.
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