Carlos Schwabe (Altona 1866-1926 Avon, Seine-et-Marne)

Two designs for a book cover: A floral design representing the Passion of Christ; and The Madonna and Child

Details

Carlos Schwabe (Altona 1866-1926 Avon, Seine-et-Marne)
Two designs for a book cover: A floral design representing the Passion of Christ; and The Madonna and Child
the second design signed and dated 'CARLOS SCHWABE '
pencil, pen and black ink, bodycolor, watercolor, heightened with gold
13¼ x 10¼ in. (33.6 x 26.1 cm.)
a pair (2)

Provenance

A private European collection, from the early 1900s, and by descent;
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1982, lot 153.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 10 September 1984, lot 236.

Literature

J.-D. Jumeau-Lafond, Carlos Schwabe: Symboliste et visionnaire, Paris, 1994, p. 100, illus.

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Lot Essay

According to Jumeau-Lafond these two drawings, designed along with a leather folio (now lost), were executed by Schwabe at the request of a patron who owned a series of Schwabe's original watercolors for Catulle Mendès's book L'Evangile de l'enfance de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ selon Saint Pierre (1894), and wished to find an appropriate form of protection and display for the series.

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