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HISTOIRE DE PSYCHÉ by DESFOSSE KARTH, after "MAISON LEROY
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543
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HISTOIRE DE PSYCHÉ by DESFOSSE KARTH, after "MAISON LEROY
Ps…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
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HISTOIRE DE PSYCHÉ by DESFOSSE KARTH, after "MAISON LEROY
Psyché au bain : Lés 5-8 - Psyché recueie par un vieillard : Lés 16-17 - Psyché revenant des enfers : Lé 22 - Réunion de Psyché et de l'Amour : Lé 26 Mechanical paper, with grey brushed background and grisaille decoration. Reissue of the wallpaper published by Dufour. 8 Sheets of 53 cm - L : 424 cm
20th century.
53.5 x 181.5 cm
182.5 x 214 cm
182.5 x 107 cm
20th century.
The original series of this famous wallpaper was produced by Manufacture Dufour in 1815. Louis Lafitte (1770-1828) and Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853) designed the composition after François Gérard (1770-1837) and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823), who created the model. The set was designed and engraved by Xavier Mader (1789-1830). The twelve tableaux in the story of Psyche are based on Jean de La Fontaine's novel Les amours de Psyché et Cupidon (1669), itself inspired by Apulée's tale L'Âne d'or (2nd century). Its originality lies in the composition illustrating the cycle, in twelve panels that can be divided into several scenes. This panoramic was a huge success, being reprinted throughout the 19th century and again in the early 20th century by the Manufacture Desfossé et Karth. Cf: Papiers peints Panoramiques 1790-1865, exhibition Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs 18 September 1990- 20 January 1991, p.262, no. 4.
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