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GALLERY 3: DRAWINGS and ETCHINGS

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1. "Eve"
       Drawing
       Vintage postcard from the Palais des Beaux Arts de La Ville
       de Paris, France. (from the author's personal collection)
2. "Portrait of Marie Susse"
       Drawing [1]
3. "Lia" 1877
       Etching,
       Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA. USA [2].
4. "Girl in profile"
       Etching (from the author's personal collection).
5. "Etude pour Psyche"
       1883 print of a pencil study [1].

6. "Studies of hands"
       Print of pencil studies, from an article in
       "Century Monthly Nagazine", December 1893. [1].
7. "Bras croisés sur la poitrine"
       Pencil on tracing paper, 39 x 29.8 cm. [4]
8. "Eve debout de face"
       Ink wash study, 27 x 21 cm. [5]
9. "Eve assise de face"
       Ink wash study, 27 x 21 cm. [5]
10. "Eve debout de profil"
       Ink wash study, 27 x 21 cm. [5]
11. "Eve assise de dos"
       Ink wash study, 27 x 21 cm. [5]


12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.


12. "Femme nue, assise sur une selle" 1886
       Pencil on tracing paper, 29.9 x 19.4 cm. [4]
13. "Couple (Idylle)" 1881
       Etching, 16 x 12 cm (from the author's personal collection).
14. "Reclining nude"
       Graphite on paper, 31.8 x 17.8 cm. [1]
15. Plate from an 1894 Biography
       Portrait of Lefebvre with a signed drawing by the artist
       27cm X 18cm (from the author's personal collection).
16. "Head of a Young Woman" 1882
       Charcoal & white chalk on brown paper, 43.5 x 32cm. [6]


17. "A Lady in Profile"
       Charcoal on paper, 31.5 x 23.2 cm. [7] 2009
18. "Study of a Boys Head"
       Drawing on paperboard, 61 x 47 cm. [1] 2009
19. "A Drawing Class with Female Students"
       Black chalk on paper, 40 x 30.4 cm. [8]
20. "Rêve" c1870s
       Etching from a folio printed in the 1880s by A.Lévy at the
       Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts (note: the author has seen
       an earlier example dated 1878 on eBay) [1] & [9]


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21. "Odelisque" 1879
       Crayon on paper, 22.30 x 42.70 cm [10]


 


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REFERENCES:

[1] Image and information taken from an auction listing on eBay
[2] Etching "Lia" - Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, www.thinker.org.
[4] Drawings "Femme nue, assise sur une selle" and "Bras croisés sur la poitrine" -
       Joconde Database of French Museum Collections, Lefebvre search
[5] Ink wash studies of "Eve" - nice-antiques.com on-line catalogue.
[6] Drawing "Head of a Young Woman" - Nissman, Abromson, Ltd. - Private Art Dealers. item 286
[7] Image and information taken from Christies LotFinder, advanced_search (Past Lots)
[8] Drawing "A Drawing Class with Female Students" - Mattia Jona, Master Drawings & Prints (May 25, 2010)
[9] Image of etching "Rêve" taken from - Adventures in the print trade blog entry two-intriguing-portfolios (July 6, 2010)
[10] "Odelisque" - Image and infromation from a listing on auction.fr (Jan 27, 2011)



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