JEAN-FRANCIS AUBURTIN (1866-1930) IDYLLS NEAR... Lot 1

JEAN-FRANCIS AUBURTIN (1866-1930) IDYLLS NEAR THE LAKE Gouache and pastel on paper Signed with the monogram lower right Gouache and pastel on paper; signed with the artist's monogram lower right 36 x 49,5 cm - 14 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. PROVENANCE Private collection, France. "In 1914, [Isadora Duncan] set up one of her dance schools in Meudon, not far from Paris and Rodin's house. Rodin's visits are attested to, but there is no trace of any works by him. On the other hand, an important series of gouaches testifies that Auburtin, as with Loïe Fuller's troupe, liked to draw Isadora Duncan's disciples, some of them qualified as 'Isadorables'." Cyrielle Durox, "Auguste Rodin et Jean-Francis Auburtin : les danseuses pour modèles," in Pas de deux : Auburtin, Rodin et la danse, cat. expo., Aix-les-Bains, Musée Faure, Aix-les-Bains : 2018, p. 17.