SEM (GEORGES GOURSAT, 1863-1934). [UNE PARTIE DE LAWN - TENNIS]. 1897. 15x21½ inches
SEM (GEORGES GOURSAT, 1863-1934)
[UNE PARTIE DE LAWN - TENNIS]. 1897.
15x21½ inches, 38x54½ cm. [Gounouilhou, Bordeaux].
Condition A: minor abrasions at edges; vertical fold.
This illustration was one of two color spreads (and a few black and white) by Sem included in a 1897 issue of Tourny-Printemps. This was a special issue of Tourny-Noel a literary and artistic review art-directed by Paul Berthelot and published by the printer Gustave Gounouilhou. This double-page, mid-match scene epitomizes the magazine's target audience - the privileged, leisure class of Bordeaux.
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SEM (GEORGES GOURSAT, 1863-1934)
[UNE PARTIE DE LAWN - TENNIS]. 1897.
15x21½ inches, 38x54½ cm. [Gounouilhou, Bordeaux].
Condition A: minor abrasions at edges; vertical fold.
This illustration was one of two color spreads (and a few black and white) by Sem included in a 1897 issue of Tourny-Printemps. This was a special issue of Tourny-Noel a literary and artistic review art-directed by Paul Berthelot and published by the printer Gustave Gounouilhou. This double-page, mid-match scene epitomizes the magazine's target audience - the privileged, leisure class of Bordeaux.