Auction on
30 June 2019 - 10:00 (CEST) -
25, rue du Temple - 51100 Reims
A modern icon standing out against a gold background, this Shere Khan is likely to send the great animal painter’s followers into a state of excitement. Until now, the cat has been hiding within a unique set of works by the artist that has never seen an auction.
Paul Jouve (1878-1973), Shere Khan, le tigre (Shere Khan, the Tiger), 1920, lithograph proof on cardstock with a gold background and enhanced with gouache, signed below left, 98 x 70.5 cm. Estimate: €25,000/30,000
Paul Jouve (1878-1973), Shere Khan, le tigre (Shere Khan, the Tiger), 1920, lithograph proof on cardstock with a gold background and enhanced with gouache, signed below left, 98 x 70.5 cm. Estimate: €25,000/30,000
A formidable predator thought up by Rudyard Kipling when he was writing Jungle Book in 1884, Shere Khan still haunts the imagination. The cruelty of the famous tiger, the sworn enemy of the young Mowgli, is matched only by his muscular beauty, of which Paul Jouve was the best…
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