Henri GERVEX (Paris 1852 - 1929) Lot n° 63

Study of a satyr Black pencil on grey paper 18 x 32 cm Dedicated and signed lower right in pen to my friend / Heynier / H. Gervex Provenance: - Acquired in Deauville in May 1978. Bibliography: - Catalogue of the exhibition Henri Gervex: 1852 - 1929, Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux - Arts, 1992, under n° 2, reproduced p. 91. Note: Our drawing is a preparation for the painting Satyre jouant avec une bacchante, presented at the Salon of 1874, acquired by the State and on deposit at the museum of Montluçon since 1926. This painting was the first great success of Gervex, only twenty-two years old.