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pencil drawing of a man holding a balance scale and a dogan image of a drawing of a man holding a balance scaledrawing of a person standing next to a scale on a sheet of paperan old drawing of a man carrying a balance scale with a dog on his backa painting of a group of people working in a fieldpainting of a group of men carrying bundles of hay in a field
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13 - JOSEPH INGUIMBERTY (1896–1971)
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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JOSEPH INGUIMBERTY (1896–1971) Study for “Work in the Rice Fields”, circa 1930 Charcoal on blue-penciled squared paper, monogrammed in the bottom right-hand corner 45.5 x 39.5 cm 17 7/8 x 15 ½ in.  Provenance: Presumed to have been part of the collection of Gaston Rueff, owner of several businesses in Indochina, including, for example, the Cochinchina and Mimot River Shipping Companies, and an art collector with links to the painter Private collection (received as a gift from the previous owner and subsequently passed down through the family) Private collection, southern France (inherited from the previous owner) Expertise information: Regarding the labourer in the foreground: Joseph Inguimberty, *Work in the Rice Fields*, 1930, Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille (ill. 1) For the female worker in the background: Joseph Inguimberty, *Rice Field Workers*, Museum Pasifika Collection (ill. 2)Bibliography for a related work:  Giulia Pentcheff, Joseph Inguimberty 1896–1971, First Catalogue of Paintings, Géménos, Groupe Horizon, 2012, no. 064 Giulia Pentcheff, Joseph Inguimberty 1896–1971, First Catalogue of Paintings, Géménos, Groupe Horizon, 2012, no. 068 Description: The blue pencil grid visible in the background indicates that this study was used as an enlargement cartoon for the creation of the masterful canvas *Work in the Rice Fields*, exhibited in 1931 at Vincennes and since held at the Marseille Museum of Fine Arts. A drawing characteristic of Inguimberty’s Indochinese period, this sheet depicts porters carrying a balance pole, or gánh, a recurring motif in his work. The medium of drawing allows the artist a free and spontaneous style. A rare study from this period to have survived, this large sheet highlights his talent as a draughtsman. The charcoal lines are strong and the blue pencil grid is crisp. As most of these preparatory sketches have been lost, it is moving to be able to admire one of the extremely rare drawings which, 100 years ago, served as the basis for masterful compositions.
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