Lot n° 302
Estimation :
300 - 450
EUR
302. VERGEZ (Eugène). Castles of the South Gironde. Set of 3 - Lot 302
302. VERGEZ (Eugène). Castles of the South Gironde. Set of 3 original pencil drawings, unsigned, attributed to the painter Eugène Vergez (1848-1926) and having been executed from life to serve for the illustration of Bordeaux and its wines by Édouard Féret, the famous guide Cocks & Féret - Château de Pomarède à Castres, M. de Coste. s.d. (between 1872 and 1890). Original pencil drawing, 29,5 x 23 cm. This view of the Château Pommarède in the Graves from the water was published without betrayal on the part of the engraver, but it must be admitted that the smallness of the engraved support has broken the charm of the original composition where nature coming on the right seems to marry a composition organized in a pyramid. The richness of the original details restores the plenitude of the small disappeared universe of Pommarède.
- Château Machorre in St Martin de Sescas, M. Couraud. n.d. (between 1872 and 1890). Original pencil drawing, 30 x 23 cm. This view of the Machorre castle in Saint-Martin-de-Sescas from the courtyard obviously put the engraver in trouble. The staircase doesn't look like anything anymore, a chimney is missing, the shadows are too strong and choke some of the buildings, the oculi disappear under a vegetation that doesn't really exist, the gate is simplified, etc. Perhaps the engraver had some remorse in inventing a shepherdess and her flock in the foreground. Two small freckles.
- Château Lavau in Beautiran, M. A. Lafon. n.d. (between 1872 and 1890). Original pencil drawing, 30 x 23 cm. This view from the vineyard of the castle of Laveau (or Laveau-Haut-Callens) in Beautiran was published with a rather high fidelity from the engraver. Small foxing.
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