Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JEAN GABRIEL DOMERGUE (1889-1962) NICE BEUIL. Circa 1935.
39 1/8x24 1/2 inches. Moullot, Paris.
Condition A: repaired minor tears in top margins; minor creases at edges.
The mountains meet the sea in the South of France, where, only 78 kilometers away from Nice, the Alpes Maritimes rise into the sky. Domergue dedicated his working life to the mundane and elegant worlds of French society. Dividing his time between Paris, Deauville and the Riviera, he designed works for performers and fashion balls. He spent his later years endlessly painting the same blonde girl, and his kitschy paintings were exclusively sold at the only art gallery on the Champs-Elysees. Hillion p. 164.