Charles FILIGER (1863-1928) [FRANCE] - Lot 2

Charles FILIGER (1863-1928) [FRANCE] Three drawings in the same frame: Portrait of Auguste Brizeux Ink and pencil on tracing paper. 16 x 12.5 cm (Some creasing) This work is a sketch for the watercolor and gouache portrait listed in the M.A. Anquetil catalog, p.102. Auguste Brizeux (1803-1958) was a Romantic poet and writer who described his native Brittany in his first collection, "Marie", published in 1831, praised by Alfred de Vigny and Sainte-Beuve. We would like to thank André Cariou, specialist and author of the artist's Catalogue raisonné, for the information he provided. Provenance: -Paris private collection; -Willy Blindels Collection Bibliography: Catalog of the Filiger exhibition at the Musée du Prieuré, Saint Germain-en-Laye, November 3, 1981-February 5, 1982, reproduced p. 90 no. 88, reproduced p. and p. 90 no. 89. (frieze) and p. 90 no. 79 (Juif Errant). Exhibitions: -Pont-Aven, August 1963, Hôtel de Ville, no. 37. -Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée du Prieuré, November 3, 1981-February 5, 1982.