"Robert West, Our Lady Of Sorrows"
Robert WEST (illustrator, active circa 1920-1940)Our Lady of Sorrows
Charcoal heightened white gouache on beige paper mounted on strong paper
Monogrammed and dated upper left RW 1931, titled lower center Notre-Dame des Tristesses
26 .5 x 20 cm
Note : Robert West illustrated Baudelaire's Amoenitates Belgicae, published in Paris by J. Fort in 1925, Les Fleurs du Mal, condemned pieces, by the same, published in Paris by Paul Cotinaud in 1931, poems by Léon Vérane in 1950 or Le Masque de la mort rouge by Edgar Allan Poe, published in Paris by A. Sedrowski in 1936.
15 works by the artist, on the theme of caricature, madness and melancholy, are on sale at the gallery.
Provenance: artist's studio fund.
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