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176 - Gustav Adolf MOSSA (Nice, 1883–1971)
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Gustav Adolf MOSSA (Nice, 1883–1971) The Annunciation from the ‘Jesus Christ’ series, 1905 Watercolour, graphite and ink on paper Inscribed ‘The angel Gabriel was sent by God to [sic] a Virgin named Mary’ in lower-case Gothic script, in black ink, at the bottom Inscribed, emanating from the angel’s mouth, ‘ave gratia plena’ and from the Virgin’s mouth, ‘dominus tecum’ The Annunciation from the Jesus Christ series, 1905, watercolour, graphite and ink on paper, by G. A. Mossa 5.78 x 7.55 in. 14.7 x 19.2 cm Provenance: Violette Buttelli-Mossa Collection, Nice; Hirt Collection; Piccadilly Gallery, London; Purchased from the latter on 10 June 1992; Private collection, Paris Exhibitions: Gustav Adolf Mossa and Symbols, 1883–1971, Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes and Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, 7 July – 31 December 1978, no. 78 Gustav Adolf Mossa: Symbolist Works, 1903–1918, Paris, Pavillon des Arts, 19 June – 27 September 1992; Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes and Galerie Mossa, 22 January – 18 April 1993, p. 137, no. 58 Eros and Thanatos, Evian-les-Bains, Palais Lumière, 9 February – 18 May 2008, p. 134 Bibliography: Jean-Roger Soubiran, *Symbolist Watercolours and the Symbolist Visual Art of Gustav Adolf Mossa*, doctoral thesis, University of Aix-en-Provence – Marseille, 1978, p. 476, no. 70bis, cited on pp. 107, 108, 109, 112, 113 Jean-Roger Soubiran, *Gustav Adolf Mossa, 1883–1971*, Nice, 1985, p. 236, ill. no. 322, p. 237 Nathalie Magnardi, Religious Works in the Symbolist Output of Gustav Adolf Mossa, Master’s thesis, University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1987, pp. 11–12, cited on pp. 14, 35, ill. no. 2 Sylvie Lombart, Jean-Roger Soubiran, Gustav Adolf Mossa, Catalogue Raisonné of ‘Symbolist’ Works, Paris, 2010, pp. 154–155, no. A71 Gustav Adolf MOSSA (Nice, 1883–1971) 14.7 x 19.2 cm
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