MAY 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 248:
Gaston Noury (French, 1866 – 1936), a pair of drawings, each representing a lovely young woman with a hand mirror surrounded by exquisite Art Nouveau motifs. Painted in watercolor and ink heightened with white on paper. Matted and framed in the same style.Note: Gaston Noury was a French painter, poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist and theatrical costume designer, working in Le Havre and Paris, where he settled around 1889. His prolific output covered a wide variety of subjects and his images were used for posters, books, postcards, songbooks, genre scenes and fashion plates. He provided illustrations for magazines such as La Chronique parisienne, Saint-Nicolas, Gil Blas illustré, Journal amusant (1889–1890), and Les Hommes d’aujourd’hui.
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in., (33.7 x 25.7 cm.)
Condition: Perfect.
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