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CLÉMENTINE-HÉLÈNE DUFAU (1869-1937)
308. Pelote Basque. ca. 1903.
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Imp. G. de Malherbe, Paris
Cond B-/Restored tears. Framed.
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If there were few female artists during the Belle Époque, there were even fewer good
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won competitions and commissions, the end results of which have given us some of the
best designs of the era. Coming from the Basque region of France, it seemed natural
that an artist of such skill would be the ideal choice to represent the area’s homegrown
sport of jai-alai. There is a deft delicacy in the way she portrays the sportsmen, a perfect
mastery of how to replicate the moment of sheer rapture as the women inhale in surprise.
It is a beautiful balance between glamour and excitement.
Est: $12,000-$15,000.
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LEON CONSTANT DUVAL (1877-?)
309. Beaulieu. 1936.
23 5 �8 x 39 in./60 x 99 cm
Imp. Lucien Serre, Paris
Cond A. Framed.
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JULIUS USSY ENGELHARD (1883-1964)
310. Lucy Doraine. �����
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oldest building in the village, dating from 1095. It seems like the perfect place to get
away from the world, and yet is quite easily accessible by way of rail.
Est: $1,000-$1,200.
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An unusual design for Engelhard, showing off the
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moodily-lit femme fatale.
Est: $2,000-$2,500.
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311. Treffpunkt. 1920.
36 1�� ������ 7�8 in./92.1 x 119.2 cm
Oscar Consée, München
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wherein one can enjoy an afternoon tea or stay late into the evening dancing to a live
band. It is a picture of sophistication and German grandeur.
Est: $2,500-$3,000.
312. Boccaccio. 1920.
36 5�8������ 3�� in./93.2 x 123.6 cm
Oscar Consée, München
Cond A-/Slight tears in margins.
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A moody hysteria pervades this design, helped in no small part by the swirling mauve
shadow cast by a pair of high-spirited dancers, reveling with disciplined abandon in order
to promote a revival of an operetta loosely based on the life of Italian Humanist prose and
poetry writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Penned by “Franz von Suppé (1819-1895)
. . . [who] was in many ways the father of Viennese operetta . . . One of the most popular of
all Viennese operettas, Boccaccio . . . [was] one of those happy ones set in Italy, allowing for
all sorts of native dances. . . . The role of Boccaccio was taken by Antonie Link (women
would traditionally play the part until the 1920s) and Rosa Streitman was his beloved
Fiametta in a clever libretto which placed the actual poet Boccaccio in his own Florence . . .
Boccaccio’s name alone must have intrigued a good many theatergoers to visit the many
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This is the before-letters version of this poster.
Est: $1,700-$2,000.
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313. See-Restaurant Starnberg. ���������
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Oscar Consée, München
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A beaming fraulein stands happily under an ochre and
tan awning, sailboats jutting into a pink sunset behind
her, as various delights from this German restaurant
are spread out for the evening.
Est: $1,700-$2,000.
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