Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
Dutch-French
Artist Dates
1802-1892
Title of Work
Portrait and Portrait 2 from Verve Vol. II
Preview
Date of Work
original ca. 1860, Verve edition 1939
Medium
Color lithograph
Height
13 3/8"
Width
9"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: 234 JSP Box 10, S7D
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Constantin Guys was a Dutch painter born in 1802. Although not formally trained, he is best known for his work as an illustrator for several British and French newspapers, his watercolors and drawings of modern urban life in Paris, and depictions of high society women in cafés. Guys' work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many others internationally.
Additional Information
Double sided lithograph published by Verve, 1939.
James Smith Pierce Collection
Condition
Very good.
Condition Notes
Glue on edges of "Portrait" side.