Lot n° 574
Estimation :
4000 - 6000
EUR
Léopold LELÉE (1872-1947) - Lot 574
Léopold LELÉE (1872-1947)
Two albums comprising a set of 54 and 60 studies respectively
Black and colored pencil, ink and watercolor, some on tracing paper, annotations, some dated and signed.
H. from 4.3 cm to 26 cm approx. - W. from 4.2 cm to 32.5 cm approx. (44 x 33 cm for the albums) HVS
3 framed drawings by the same artist are included: "Portrait d'homme en smocking"; "Le barbu" and "Vue d'un pavillon".
Provenance :
Artist's family, by inheritance.
This moving set by illustrator Léopold Lelée embraces several periods of his life, the numerous studies in these albums covering a period from the late 19th century to the 1920s. A number of flower studies evoke his Art Nouveau beginnings, then his life in Arles and Provence are abundantly illustrated with studies of costumes and popular festivals. The sufferings of the Great War also appear, with a number of sheets depicting poilus and a nurse. Finally, an astonishing set of sheets depicting lectures at a medical school reveal Lelée's interest in anatomy.
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