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Pierre LABADIE (1913 - 1973) LOT of 3 GOUACHES...

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Pierre LABADIE (1913 - 1973) LOT of 3 GOUACHES including : Pierre LABADIE (1913 - 1973) The call to prayer (Timbuktu - Djenné ?) Gouache and watercolor on paper signed lower right, marked AT. BIGOT lower right and annotation "2nd mention lower center". Ca. 1933 - 1938. Damage and missing parts. 107.5 x 77.5 cm. Pierre LABADIE (1913 - 1973) Fort in the Alps. Gouache and watercolor on paper signed lower right with AT. BIGOT lower right and stamped upper left 28 Oct 1936. Some folds at edges. 108 x 77.5 cm. Pierre LABADIE (1913 - 1973) Monument aux morts Art Déco Gouache and watercolor on paper signed lower right with AT. BIGOT lower right. Ca. 1933 - 1938. Some tears. 123.5 x 84cm. Note: Pierre LABADIE (1913 - 1973) studied with Paul Bigot, Eugène Beaudouin and Raymond Gravereaux at the Ecole des Beaux Arts from July 10, 1933 to June 1938. This poster project was probably the subject of a competition during his school years. The leftover labels, originally concealing the names of students and teachers, were probably intended to preserve the anonymity of the candidates. Paul BIGOT (1870 - 1942) is best known for building the Institute of Art and Archaeology on rue Michelet in Paris. He also specialized in the creation of commemorative monuments for the Great War.