Gromaire
Reclining Nude
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Nu couché, 1950
Reclining Nude
Pen and ink drawing
33 x 25 cm; 13 x 10 inches
Signed and dated, upper left
Nude
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Nu, 1954
Nude
Ink Drawing
32 x 25 cm.; 12 ½ x 9 ¾ inches
Signed and dated, lower left
Provenance:
Private French collector
Nude Sitting: Her Arms above Her Head
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Nu assis: les bras sur la tête, 1960
Nude Sitting: Her Arms above Her Head
Pen and ink drawing
32.6 x 24.8 cm.; 12 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches
Signed and dated, lower left
Provenance:
The artist
Exhibited:
Homage to Marcel Gromaire, R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1977: no. 120 of catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1987-1988: no. 45 of catalogue.
Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, Spring 2007: no. 40 and reproduced on page 97 of catalogue.
Notes:
Marcel Gromaire in Marcel Gromaire: dessinateur, le musée de poche, Paris, 1973, has expressed some of his ideas of the process of drawing:
Abstract? Real? The abritrary line, that necessary and invented line which I draw…That line [whose purpose it is] to limit two forces, to join two volumes. Is not this pure abstraction?…And could one believe that an image would be complete if it does not attack the skeleton, the living skin of human beings, nourished with light? Abstraction, human architecture – concrete sensation, pulled from the ground below – duality melted into one single, expressive unity.
Nude, Hands in her Hair
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Nu, mains dans la chevelure, 1958
Nude, Hands in her Hair
Pen and ink drawing
24.5 x 31.5 cm.; 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches
Signed and dated, upper right
Provenance:
Mr. & Mrs. David Smolas, Paris
Exhibited:
Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 2007: no. 36 and reproduced on page 89 of the catalogue.
Nude Sitting, Leaning to the Right
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Nu assis, penché à droite, 1960
Nude Sitting, Leaning to the Right
Pen and ink drawing
24.8 x 32.5 cm.; 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches
Signed and dated, lower right
Provenance:
The Artist
Exhibited:
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1987-1988: no. 43 and reproduced on page 73.
Seurat to Picasso, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1998, no. 29 and reproduced on page 70 of catalogue.
L’Auto
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
L’Auto, 1925
Etching
18 x 24.5 cm.; 7 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches
Signed and numbered 9/30
Exhibited:
Homage to Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1977: no. 14 of the catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1987-88: no. 60 and reproduced on page 83 of the catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 2007: no. 46 and reproduced on page 107
Reference:
Gromaire 60
Notes:
- François Gromaire (the artist’s son) notes that, although this work is numbered as an edition of thirty, only the first twenty of the edition were printed, signed and numbered over Gromaire’s lifetime. Thus, this is one of Gromaire’s rarest graphic works.
- This etching appears to be a study for Gromaire’s painting of this same year L’Automobiliste, (ref. Gromaire/Chibret-Plaussu 139).
Normandy Beach
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Plage en Normandie, 1926-1928
Normandy Beach
Pen and ink drawing
24 x 32 cm.; 9 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches
Signed with estate stamp, lower middle
Provenance:
François Gromaire
Exhibited:
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1987-88: no. 18 and reproduced on page 47 of the catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 2007, no. 19 and reproduced on page 54 of the catalogue.
Notes:
In a 1980 exhibition held in Paris, Normandy Beach was dated “about 1930”. On verso of drawing, François Gromaire, the son of the artist, dates this work “circa 1928”. On the other hand, this drawing appears to be a study, seen from the opposite side of the same falaises (cliffs in Normandy), for Gromaire’s 1926 painting: La Falaise (ref: Catalogue Raisonné no. 172, repr. p. 88).
Champ-de-Mars
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Champ-de-Mars, 1924
Etching
23.1 x 17.5 cm.; 9 1/8 x 6 15/16 inches
Signed and numbered 26/30
Exhibited:
Homage to Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1977: no. 12 of the catalogue
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1987-88: no. 58 of the catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 2007: no. 45 and reproduced on page 105 of the catalogue.
Reference:
Gromaire 56
Notes:
The edition consisted of: one unnumbered trial proof plus thirty proofs numbered 1/30 to 30/30.
Nude, Little Russian Girl
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Nu, la petite Russe 1928
Nude, Little Russian Girl
Etching
23.6 x 17.9 cm.; 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Signed and numbered from the edition of thirty
Reference:
Gromaire 84
Exhibited:
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 187-88: no. 73 of the catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 2007: no. 52 and reproduced on page 115.
Notes:
The edition consisted of an edition of thirty proofs plus four, unnumbered artist’s proofs.
The Ferryman
MARCEL GROMAIRE
Noyelles-sur-Sambre 1892-1971 Paris
Le Passeur, 1928
The Ferryman
Etching
24 x 18 cm.; 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches
Signed and numbered 45/120
Reference:
Gromaire 80
Exhibited:
Marcel Gromaire: Works on Paper, Chicago, 1987-88: no. 72 and reproduced on page 91 of the catalogue.
Marcel Gromaire, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 2007: no. 51 and reproduced on page 113.
Notes:
A total edition of 120 impressions plus eight un-numbered artist’s proofs. This work was published by the Société des Amateurs d’art et Collectionneurs, Paris.
