SIGNED CHARLES DOMINIQUE FOUQUERAY, DATED 1943

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THE MAHARAJA'S ARRIVAL
SIGNED CHARLES DOMINIQUE FOUQUERAY, DATED 1943
Oil on canvas, the Maharaja depicted in a howdah on a large caparisoned elephant, the procession moving through the village, signed and dated 'CHARLES/FOUQUERAY/1943' (lower right)
60 ¼ x 44in. (153 x 118cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's London, Visions of India, 10 June 1997, lot 168

Literature

Claude Farrère et D.Ch.Fouqueray, Missions et Croisières, Paris, 1944.

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Lot Essay

Charles Dominique Fouqueray (1869-1956) was a French painter. He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and Fernand Cormon. Many of his best works were painted during his travels which went on to provide an important source of inspiration for his work throughout his career. Fouqueray stopped in India during a six-month tour around the world in 1921. Rudyard Kipling commissioned him to illustrate his famous novel, Kim.

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