A. DEVÉRIA (1800-1857), Quatre Heures Du Soir,... Lot 165
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A. DEVÉRIA (1800-1857), Quatre Heures Du Soir, around 1830, Lithography
Achille Devéria (1800 Paris - 1857 ibid.): Quatre Heures Du Soir, Mlle Laure Deveria, c. 1830, Lithography
Technique:
Lithography on Cardboard
Inscription:
At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "A. Devéria del.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Lith. de Lemercier, à Paris. / 4 Heures du Soir / A Paris, chez Mme. Vve. Turgis, rue St. Jacques N. 16 / et a Toulouse rue St. Piome No. 36".
Date:
c. 1830
Description:
"Quatre Heures du Soir" is part of the series of eighteen lithographs entitled "Les Heures du Jour", which Achille Devéria created in 1829. The artist based his designs on portraits of ladies from his immediate circle, such as the family and friends of Victor Hugo. The series shows young, elegant Parisian ladies in contemporary fashion between seven in the morning and five in the morning of the following day, engaged in a variety of activities: praying, riding, reading, painting, making music at the piano, at the theatre or dancing at a soirée until dawn. Les Heures du Jour can thus be seen as a combination of portrait, fashion illustration and guide to the rules of behaviour that applied in the world of young ladies of the upper middle class. In our sheet "Quatre Heures du Soir", the fourth hour of the evening, we see Devéria's sister Laure, like the brothers Achille and Eugène also an artist, in fine clothes painting watercolours. The detailed rendering of the lady's precious clothing, the texture of the fabric and the exquisite hair ornaments are particularly striking and testify to Devéria's particular finesse as a draughtsman.
Source:
Les Dix-huit Heures d'une Parisienne | print suite
Keywords:
Fashion, Paris, Genre, Drawing, 19th century, Biedermeier, Fashion, France,
Size:
Cardboard: 43,1 cm x 27,8 cm (17 x 10,9 in), Depiction: 27,0 cm x 21,3 cm (10,6 x 8,4 in)
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