Lot n° 182
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Étienne-Charles LEGUAY (Sèvres, 1762 - Paris,... - Lot 182 - Ader
Étienne-Charles LEGUAY (Sèvres, 1762 - Paris, 1846)
Young woman reading
Three pencils.
42.1 x 29.4 cm (ideal view: 42 x 29.2 cm)
Provenance:
- Former Louis-Gustave Mühlbacher (1834-1907) collection; his sale, Mes Chevallier et Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, May 13-15, 1907, no. 84.
- Ancienne collection Marius Paulme (1863-1928) (L.1910); its sale, Me Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, galerie Georges Petit, 14 May 1929, no. 128, reproduced on pl. 87 (sold for 50,000 francs to Frits Lugt).
- Former collection of Frits Lugt (1884-1970), collector and art historian, Paris; sold in April 1946 to J. Mathey (archives of the Fondation Custodia).
- Former collection of Jacques Mathey (1883-1973), painter and expert, Paris.
- Former collection Alexandre Ananoff (1910-1992), collector and art historian, Paris (L. 3365).
- Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Monte-Carlo, February 11, 1979, n° 104.
- Paul Rosenberg & Co, New York; acquired in the 1980s by a collector.
Exhibitions:
- Exposition de petits Maîtres et Maîtres peu connus du XVIIIe siècle Paris, Hôtel de la Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts, 1920, no. 336.
- L'Art français au XVIIIe siècle, Copenhagen, Palais de Charlottenburg, 1935, n° 421.
- Women. Dessins de maîtres et petits maîtres du XVIIIe siècle, Grasse, Musée Fragonard, 1962, n° 37, pl. IX.
- France in the Eighteenth Century, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1968, no. 422, fig. 316.
Bibliography:
- A. Ananoff, "Les Cent petits maîtres qu'il faut connaitre," Connaissance des Arts, July 1964, p. 51, reproduced.
- Les joies secrètes d'un Amateur de dessins", A.B.C. décor, December-January, 1969, reproduced. p. 95.
- L.-A. Prat, Le Dessin français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 2017, p. 248, cat. 422, reproduced.
Étienne-Charles Le Guay was the son of a porcelain painter. He grew up at the Royal Manufacture of Sèvres where he learned drawing at an early age. He was then influenced by the art of miniature painting, which became his specialty. He was a student of Joseph-Marie Vien at the Royal Academy. This Young Reading Girl, drawn around 1780 with three pencils, shows with studied grace the fullness of a French golden age. The three-quarter back position, full of modesty, favors the luxury of the toilet, while the book the young woman holds in her hand indicates a spiritual inclination. The famous drawing has often represented the colors of 18th century French art and saved Le Guay from undeserved neglect.
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