Constantin-Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe Guys, Dutch / French 1802-1892- Promenade au bois; pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolour, and brown and grey wash heightened with gum arabic on buff paper, 16.5 x 29.5 cm. Provenance: Felix Wildenstein, New...

Constantin-Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe Guys, Dutch / French 1802-1892- Promenade au bois; pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolour, and brown and grey wash heightened with gum arabic on buff paper, 16.5 x 29.5 cm. Provenance: Felix Wildenstein, New York.; Anon. sale, 25 May 1984, lot 278.; Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1995, lot 140.; The estate of the late designer Anthony Powell. Exhibited: Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, '10th Exhibition of Watercolors and Pastels', 10 January-12 February 1933.; Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, November-December 1946.; Toronto, The Art Gallery of Toronto, 'The Spirit of Modern France 1745-1946', January-February 1947, no.24. Note: The present work is a striking examples of the observational style which is characteristic of Guys’s artistic approach, gesturing towards his role as both a watercolourist and newspaper illustrator. His choice of medium allows him to imbue his work with a sense of spontaneity, thereby reinforcing his subject as a momentary glimpse into 19th-century French high society.
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