Alfred LOUDET (Montélimar 1836 - Paris 1898) Mouna... - Lot 32 - Ader

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Alfred LOUDET (Montélimar 1836 - Paris 1898) Mouna... - Lot 32 - Ader
Alfred LOUDET (Montélimar 1836 - Paris 1898) Mouna ! Original canvas Signed, localized and dated upper left "Alfred Loudet / Paris 1883 116 x 146,5 cm Numbered on the back of the frame "531 (Damage and missing parts) Provenance: - Sale of paintings, studies, sketches and drawings comprising the studio of the late Alfred Loudet, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 15, 1899, no. 2 ; - Anonymous sale, Nantes, Salorges Enchères, April 21, 2018, no. 80 (Odalisque au chat). Exhibitions: - Salon of 1883, n° 1557 (Mouna!); - Les Gônes, Palais du commerce, Lyon, 1887-88, n° 134. Bibliography: - M. Champavier, Les artistes de la Drôme au Salon de 1883, in Bulletin d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme, Valence, 1883, vol. XVII, p.435 ; - Dictionnaire biographique et biblio-iconographique de la Drôme, Grenoble, 1901, T. II, p.104. - Louis Gallet, an intimate friend of the artist, wrote for him these few verses: "It is enough to soak in milk, Your greedy and pink language! If I believe in metempsychosis, Ah! Mouna, perhaps, one made For you, formerly, many follies. Perhaps you were who knows? Charming among the prettiest, And counted among the houris Of some palace of the Bosphorus! You still remember it, Poor mouse-taker, And you think in all things. To do at all times what you like! But, I said: No! my law is imposed. It is enough to dip in the milk, Your greedy, pink tongue!"
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