176 - Gustav Adolf MOSSA (Nice, 1883–1971)

Gustav Adolf MOSSA (Nice, 1883–1971) The Annunciation from the Jesus Christ series, 1905 Watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper Inscribed “The angel Gabriel was sent by God to [sic] a Virgin named Mary” in lowercase Gothic-style letters, in black ink, at the bottom Inscribed, starting from the angel’s mouth, “ave gratia plena,” and from the Virgin’s mouth, “dominus tecum” The Annunciation from the Jesus Christ series, 1905, watercolor, 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 June 10, 1992; Private collection, Paris Exhibitions: Gustav Adolf Mossa and Symbols, 1883–1971, Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes and Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, July 7–December 31, 1978, no. 78 Gustav Adolf Mossa: Symbolist Works, 1903–1918, Paris, Pavillon des Arts, June 19–September 27, 1992; Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes and Galerie Mossa, January 22–April 18, 1993, p. 137, no. 58 Eros and Thanatos, Evian-les-Bains, Palais Lumière, February 9–May 18, 2008, p. 134 Bibliography: Jean-Roger Soubiran, *Symbolist Watercolors and the Symbolist Visual Art of Gustav Adolf Mossa*, doctoral dissertation, 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, *Catalog Raisonné of “Symbolist” Works*, Paris, 2010, pp. 154–155, no. A71 Gustav Adolf MOSSA (Nice, 1883–1971) 14.7 x 19.2 cm