MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ 1855 - Lot 66

MANUFACTURE Jules DESFOSSÉ 1855 Les vices et les vertus: les prodigues after Thomas COUTURE (1815-1879) First edition 1855 (never republished). Color print on two assembled strips. 185x235cm Condition: good overall condition and great freshness of color, despite some minor wear and stains, a large tear (over approx. 60cm) on the right in the middle, and accidents and losses in the margins. Wrapped with all original margins. Exhibition: Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1855. First-class medal. Bibliography: - Odile Nouvel-Kammerer, Papiers peints panoramiques, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Flammarion,1990 p. 286 and 287. - Exhibition catalog, Thomas Couture, Souper à la maison d'or, Jules Desfossé, Bénédicte Ottinger and Véronique de La Hougue, Senlis, Musée de l'Hôtel de Vermandois, Association des Amis du musée d'Art de Senlis, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1998-1999. Source of inspiration: Thomas Couture's painting Souper à la Maison Dorée, of which there are several versions. The characters are Thomas Couture himself and his pupil Feuerbach.