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Thu 20 Jun

Giandomenico Tiepolo (Venezia, 1727 - Venezia, 1804) - Tre Pulcinella - Pen, ink and pencil on paper, 19.4x24.2 cm. The drawing, hitherto unpublished, is part of a group of sheets evoking the popular figure of Punchinello, which was made by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo to be taken up later by his son Domenico. Apparently, Giovan Battista, began producing drawn images of Punchinello in the 1740s. Our drawing bears a strong resemblance to a print by German engraver Georg Friederich Schmidt from a prototype by Tiepolo, depicting Five Punchinellos Making Polenta, which bears the date 1751. The drawing by Giovan Battista on which Schmidt's engraving is based has not reached us, but a sheet by the artist depicting only the figure of Punchinello pissing was published by Knox in 1984 (formerly Paris, Cailleux). Our sheet is a reduced version of the composition fixed in the print, presenting only three of the five figures, of which the rightmost one - the seated Punchinello - corresponds to a motif in another drawing by Giovan Battista Tiepolo, formerly in the Folinoux collection in Paris. The latter drawing was reproduced in a further engraving by Schmidt, also dated 1751. Our drawing thus presents itself as a sort of pastiche of two inventions by Giovan Battista Tiepolo, the quality of the sheet is high, and certain discrepancies between the pencil sketch below and the final pen realization suggest that this is no mere copy. We believe we do not err by assigning the sheet to Domenico Tiepolo, the son of Giovan Battista, who later in his career would make a name for himself with his depictions of Punchinello. It is the scratchy, slightly discontinuous strokes of the outlines and the irregular, slightly nervous watercolor painting that make us think of Domenico's early work rather than his father's. If we have grasped the truth, the drawing takes on a certain importance, being likely, the earliest example in chronological terms, of this theme produced by Domenico, who as a young man as is well known, fed on a large scale from the models drawn by his father. It is difficult to establish a precise chronological placement of the drawing, which could be established around the late 1740s and early 1750s. Bernard Aikema.

Estim. 14 000 - 20 000 EUR

Thu 20 Jun

Arthur Rackham Signed Original Illustration for Rip Van Winkle - British artist and illustrator (1867-1939) best known for his Art Nouveau-influenced illustrations. Marvelous original ink-and-watercolor painting accomplished by Arthur Rackham on 9 x 14.5 artist's board, produced as an illustration for an edition of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, signed in the lower right in ink, "Arthur Rackham '05." In Washington Irving's famous tale, the hen-pecked Rip Van Winkle wanders into the Catskills and there meets a dwarfish and strangely costumed man whom he helps to carry a keg of liquor. They go into the mountains and arrive at a silent gathering of other strange men playing nine-pins. Rip nips from the keg, falls into a deep slumber, and awakens 20 years later with a full beard and white hair. He returns to his village to find his termagant wife deceased, his daughter married and with children of her own, and the whole country changed. Rip goes on to a happy old age. Rackham created 51 paintings to illustrate this edition of Irving's famous story. This striking watercolor is the most important illustration in the book, depicting, as it does, the major turning point in the narrative: a youthful Rip stands in the foreground, head thrown back, drinking from a flagon. A tapped keg, goblets, mugs, and jugs litter the ground behind him. Further back, eleven peculiar and scowling men loiter in four groups; two of the men hold nine-pin balls. In the book, this painting is captioned: 'He even ventured to taste the beverage, which he found had much of the flavour of excellent Hollands.' In fine condition, with light edge wear and soiling.

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 USD
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