Lot n° 71
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Pierre PUGET (Château - Follet 1620-Marseille 1694) - Lot 71
Pierre PUGET (Château - Follet 1620-Marseille 1694)
Magnificent galley boarding near a dock; on the front, on the left, a portefaix; in the background, on the right, Notre-Dame de la Garde
Plume and brown and black inks on vellum 31.5 x 58.7 cm
Annotated at the bottom in the center on the assembly: "Pierre Puget 1622 - 1694"
Significant tear at the bottom left (about 8cm), scratch at the top right, epidermides, stains
Used as a sculptor at the Toulon arsenal, Puget left many marine drawings, whose finesse of execution contrasts with the brutal energy expressed in the statuary's work. Working on vellum or parchment, in a technique that tolerates no repetition, he reveals himself to be a remarkable boat designer, at the same time as a landscape gardener experienced in the most subtle effects of light.
Bibliography:
P. Auquier, Pierre Puget, naval decorator and mariner, Paris, 1907, n°57, repr. pl.XX;
K. Herding, Pierre Puget, Das Bildnerische Werk, Berlin, 1970, p.39 note 172, fig.33 (reproducing only one detail and not mentioning the provenance Chennevières);
L.A. Prat et L. Lhinares, exhibition catalogue "La collection Chennevières, quatre siècles de dessins français", Musée du Louvre, Paris, from 8 March to 7 June 2007, p. 297, n°273 repr.
Provenance:
Probably old collection M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix-en-Provence; passed with his entire collection to C.J.B. Giraud (1802-1882) around 1840, Aix-en-Provence
and Paris; sold with his entire collection to Flury-Hérard, Paris, his stamp at the bottom right (L. 1015, n°163); perhaps sold from 13 to 15 May 1861 in Drouot, Paris; old Chennevières collection, its stamp at the bottom left (L.2072), its sale in 1900, n°428; old private collection, Paris.
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