Théodore ROUSSEAU (Paris 1812 - Barbizon 1867) - Lot 99

Théodore ROUSSEAU (Paris 1812 - Barbizon 1867) Le Cerisier de la Plante-à-Biau, 1862 Watercolor, pen and brown ink. Signed lower right. (Needle hole on the rock). 17.5 x 12 cm The work will be reproduced in the digital supplement to the Théodore Rousseau catalog raisonné currently being prepared by Mr. Michel Schulman. The link between a drawing and a glass plate by Théodore Rousseau is rare enough not to mention. This is the case here between the pen-and-ink drawing enhanced with watercolor and the glass plate Le Cerisier de la Plante-à-Biau, a copy of which exists in the National Gallery, Washington (see : Michel Schulman, Théodore Rousseau, catalog raisonné de l'œuvre graphique, 1997, no. 757, repr. p. 344), which allows us to give the same name to our pen-and-ink drawing. Executed in 1862, this pen-and-ink drawing takes up the cliché-verre while adding a highly free, modern interpretation, in the way that Rousseau knew how to mark his drawings of the period. The blue watercolor highlights, scattered here and there, demonstrate the sensibility of this talented artist. Michel Schulman, February 2024 Already published in digital format: degas-catalogue.com bazille-catalogue.com