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Senequier-Crozet (Anciennement Sadde Grenoble)

118 - Laure PREVET (Paris, 1891–England, 1950)
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Estimate €80 - €120
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Description
Laure PREVET (Paris, 1891–England, 1950) ‘L’Absent’: A young medieval woman with long, plaited blonde hair, lifting a curtain to reveal a view of a town in the distance Miniature on ivory, signed and dated in gold on the right-hand side along the frame: ‘Laure Prévet 1909’ rect. visible area 7.3 x 9 cm (including slits). Inside the frame, a poem handwritten by the artist: ‘L’Absent / And when the gentle breeze / that comes from that sweet land / Where he is who entices me / I gladly turn my face towards it’ In its original varnished wooden frame: 15.3 x 14.7 cm (parts of the frame missing) Laure Prévet was an artist and miniaturist before her marriage in 1912; she exhibited in 1911 at the Salon des femmes peintres et sculpteurs. Here she illustrates a 13th-century poem, attributed to the Lady of Fayel or to Guyot de Provins: it is a young girl speaking, separated from her fiancé who has gone off to fight in the Holy Land. Total weight: 0.185 kg Expert: N. Lemoine-Bouchard. A CITES certificate will be issued to the purchaser, permitting movement only within the European Union.
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About the sale Miniatures – Regional curiosities
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Auction time 09/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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