Louis ANQUETIN

Original ink drawing, recto-verso.
Artist's signature stamp in the lower right corner of the work, and studio stamp signature on verso. Slight traces of angular creasing, otherwise excellent condition.
Provenance: from the artist's studio, referenced in the catalogue Atelier Louis Anquetin (Thierry de Maigret, 28/11/08).
Louis Anquetin, born in Étrépagny in 1861 and died in Paris in 1932, was an important French painter. He began his career alongside avant-garde painters such as Vincent Van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. With Émile Bernard, he was the inventor of Cloisonnism. From 1884 to 1893, Louis Anquetin continuously explored the new possibilities offered by the...

Battle of the Chevalier d'éon. Original ink drawing [with] Cercle de l'Escrime – Assaut du 12 janvier 1895
1895| 27 x 21 cm | one drawing
Original ink drawing showing the duel between the Chevalier d'éon – dressed as a woman – and Monsieur de Saint-Georges, which took place on the 9 April 1787 at the instigation of the Prince of Wales, George August of Ha
nover, future George IV.
Artist's signature stamp to lower right-hand corner of the work and artist's
monogram. Atelier stamp to verso. Manuscript note of title and date in pencil to verso: 1895.
Fine condition.
Provenance: the artist's workshop, as referred to in the Atelier Louis...