Georges Lepape
Art Nouveau Woman on Beach in Green Dress Romantic Story "Le Retour", 1916
Gouache and Silver highlighting
12 1/2 × 8 1/4 in / 31.8 × 21 cm
$ 39,000.00
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In this painting, Art Nouveau French illustrator Georges Lepape depicts a high moment of personal drama. He exquisitely renders a beautiful yet solitary woman sitting on the beach. She is...
In this painting, Art Nouveau French illustrator Georges Lepape depicts a high moment of personal drama. He exquisitely renders a beautiful yet solitary woman sitting on the beach. She is dressed in a patterned green dress. He captures the precise moment when she's see her male friend semi-silhouette with outstretched arms as he breaks over the hilltop. "I'm back" he gestures. The artist deftly establishes a line of sight between the two distant figures. br "Le Retour." Illustration for unknown publication. Gouache, graphite, and silver highlighting on paper mounted to thin board. 317x214 mm; 12 1-4 inches, mounted to 13 1-2-inch board. Signed "Geo. Lepape" and dated 1916 in lower right image. br Exhibited: Galerie Luxembourg, April to June 1978, cat. no. 68. br This original gouache was subsequently reproduced in Georges Lepape, ou l'élégance illustrée by Claude Lepape and Thierry Defer (Paris: Herscher, 1983), page 84. UnFramed