Charles Edmond DAUX (Reims 1855 - 1937) Female... Lot 34

Charles Edmond DAUX (Reims 1855 - 1937) Female nude with butterfly Original oil on canvas 180 x 110 cm Signed and dated top left Ch E Daux Provenance: Private collection, Paris Exhibition: Salon des Artistes Français 1883 n° 678 Female study Bibliography: Catalogue of the Salon des Artistes Français, 1883, Paris, n°678.(re-edition Pierre Sanchez, Dominique Lobstein, l'Echelle de Jacob) Edmond About, Quinze journées au Salon de peinture et de sculpture, Paris, librairie des bibliophiles, 1883,p.52. F-G Dumas, Catalogue illustré du Salon, catalogue n° 8, 1883, Paris, Librairie d'art L. Baschet, illustrated p. 49. "M. Daux has plated a young girl standing on a strawberry-coloured drapery that has been crushed. This very dangerous background turned her brown more than usual and took away some of her natural freshness. But she has a very pure curvature; her teenage body has two charming lines, one very wavy and the other almost straight. The latter, unless there is better advice, should be a little more inward looking. But the picture is young and laughing, and if I had any rewards in my pocket, I would not fail to offer one to Mr. Daux".