Lot 19
  • 19

Louis Chalon

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis Chalon
  • Odalisque au singe
  • Signé en haut à droite L. Chalon
  • Huile sur panneau
  • 49,5 x 61,2 cm ; 19 1/2 by 24 in

Exhibited

Peut-être, Salon des Artistes Vivants, Nantes 1886, n°211, titré Ma femme et mon singe

Condition

Very Good Overall Condition Needs cleaning. Colours are deeper than the picture The trousers are more turquoise than shown on the picture. Few lacks and small repaints above her hips in the background. Few lacks on the pillow under her hand visible on the picture.
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Catalogue Note

Illustrateur, portraitiste et peintre de compositions mythologiques, Louis Chalon expose régulièrement au Salon de Paris. Ses sujets mythologiques et historiques, ainsi que certains portraits, sont très imprégnés de références orientalistes.