Lot n° 66
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Attributed to Pierre-Henri DUCOS de la HAILLE (1889-1972) - Lot 66
Attributed to Pierre-Henri DUCOS de la HAILLE (1889-1972)
La Paix, fragment of the original cardboard used for the execution of the fresco in the council room
municipal of the City Hall of Reims entitled La République accueille la ville de Reims, 1928
Pastel and gouache on paper.
Tears and restorations.
67 x 85.5 cm (at sight)
" Close to a group of artists 'nouveaux prix de Rome', such as Eugène-Robert Poughéon, Louis Billotey, Jean
Despujols , [Ducos de La Haille, in this fresco,...] magnifies the ancient heritage, allows
to overcome the torments of war and associates Reims with a timeless and fertile Italy" (catalogue of the exhibition at
musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, Années folles, années d'ordre. L'Art Déco de Reims à New York, 2006-2007, p. 202,
fig. 64); Annie-Claire Auliard-Villain, Pierre-Henri Ducos de La Haille (1889-1972), musées de Cognac, 2010, p. 15-16
(commissioned for the city of Reims); this cardboard is unpublished and does not appear in the catalogue of Annie-Claire Auliard-Villain;
another fragment of the same cardboard with the figure of La République is kept in a private collection
(Auliard-Villain, op. cit, p. 60, no. 128-130).
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