84 - Yolande Delcourt (born 1940)

Yolande Delcourt (born 1940) River Landscape, June 1991 Watercolor Signed lower left “Y. Delcourt”; inscribed and dated by hand in the lower margin: “For Yves Guérin, in memory of my exhibitions at the Espace Blanche de Castille, June 1991” Dimensions: Sheet 29.7 × 21 cm (11 ⅝ × 8 ¼ in.) — Image: nearly full sheet Condition: good condition, unframed Provenance: Yves Guérin’s guestbook, compiled between 1963 and 1992 (from a single collection). One of the later sheets in the album, originating from the collector’s Poissy circle in the early 1990s: it commemorates the artist’s exhibitions at the Espace Blanche de Castille in Poissy. Description: A fresh, Impressionist-style watercolor of a wooded riverbank—trees with foliage speckled with greens, yellows, blues, and ochres, accented with orange and red—featuring small figures near the water, a fence, and flowers, rendered with a lively, dotted brushstroke. Yolande Delcourt, born in Eu in 1940, was self-taught in watercolor before studying under marine painters Michel King and Léon Gambier, as well as Philippe Lejeune in Étampes; watercolor landscapes are her specialty, which she also teaches. Signed, dated, and inscribed by hand.