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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
EUGENE GRASSET (1841-1917) GRAFTON GALLERY. 1893. 28 1/4x19 3/4 inches. Verdoux, Ducourtioux & Huillard. Condition B-: water damage, discoloration and tears in margins and image; vertical fold. Mounted on board. Jane Abdy contends that "Grasset's ambition was to design stained glass windows" (Abdy p. 116). And with this image, used to advertise a decorative arts exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in London, we can see how the artist's heavy outlining, mix of colors and division of space clearly anticipates this outcome. In fact, a year later, Felix Gaudin turned the design into a stained glass window entitled Le Printemps (Spring). The image of a pale, symbolist young woman, enveloped in her flowing scarf, picking flowers, is exquisitely rendered. DFP-II 406, Berthon & Grasset p.31, Abdy p. 117, Anne Murray Robertson p. 117.
