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Tony Johannot
1803-1852
Saint-Preux sur les Rochers
ca. 1845
Pen-and-ink, wash, and pencil, on paper.
7 7/16 x 5 13/16 inches (189 x 147 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Notes:
Drawing by Tony Johannot to illustrate letter 26 of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's La nouvelle Héloïse, Paris : Barbier, 1845, plate pt. I, p. 65. Cf. Ray.
Illustration title from published volume.
Inscription:
In pencil on verso: I, 65. Tony Johannot.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the despairing Saint Preux seated among rocks as he contemplates suicide.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
Reproduced in: The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982, p. 265
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