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OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES NANTES & RENNES

348 - Mathurin MEHEUT (1882–1958).
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Description
Mathurin MEHEUT (1882–1958). Scene of a farmyard with hens, a turkey, rabbits, a peacock and kids. Casein on cardboard, monogrammed in the bottom right-hand corner. Traces of a stamp on the reverse (warping, wear and small losses at the corners). Height: 54 cm – Width: 81 cm Many of Maturin Méheut’s works centred on nature and animals. In particular, he studied the marine environment at the Roscoff Biological Station in 1910. In 1911, his *Etude d’animaux* was published, characterised by a highly detailed, almost scientific approach. He continued his artistic exploration with more stylised representations, in which the line became almost secondary to the final composition. This farmyard scene forms part of this quest for expressiveness, marked here by the almost geometric nature of the lines and reinforced by the intensity of the brushstrokes of colour. Although he lived in Paris for several years, Méheut was born in Lamballe, in Brittany. From the age of 14, he worked for a local painter-craftsman in Lamballe, in a region whose rural character undoubtedly inspired the theme of this painting. He also travelled to Japan from 22 April 1914. Deeply inspired by what he observed there, Méheut brought back, in particular, a monogram of which there are numerous variations. Initially intertwined, the two ‘M’s of his initials came to be definitively superimposed from 1920 onwards, forming sharp angles reminiscent of mountain peaks or ocean waves. This version of the monogram is affixed here in the bottom right-hand corner of the painting Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Quintessence IV – Part 2: Furniture & Works of Art
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Auction time 10/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 10/07/2026 at 3:23 PM
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