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Lot 103 - Watercolors by Jean-Paul ALAUX during his eight-month trip to Polynesia in 1936-1937. Bibliography: Christel Haffner Lance, Visions japonaises de Jean-Paul Alaux. Du Bassin d'Arcachon au Pacifique, Arcachon, La Librairie Générale, 2018 We would like to thank Madame Christel Haffner Lance for the information she kindly provided on these drawings. Jean Paul ALAUX 1875-1955 Félicie Tetuanu, granddaughter of Tarahu and great-niece of Pierre Loti Watercolor, signed and dated "August 3, 1937" lower right, annotated at the top and on the right-hand side. 26.5 x 19 cm On the reverse, handwritten by the painter: "Tarahu - Loti's little niece JP Alaux, 12 rue Albert de Mun, Bordeaux. Departure from Papeete, July 17, 1937 This portrait was done by me, during a crossing from Tahiti to Marseille. It shows Félicie Tétuanui, Tarahu's granddaughter, who was a friend of Pierre Loti's brother, a naval doctor. Pierre Loti's brother had two sons by her, and Félicie is the daughter of the elder of the two boys. This friend of Loti's brother was called Tarahu. Loti took on the adventure of his brother who had just died, and it was this Tarahu that he made the Rarahu of his novel. JP Alaux (payable to Commissaire Ramel) Félicie was on her way to Lesparre to join a man named Bariac, a veterinary surgeon in Tahiti. Félicie showed me photos of her father (Loti's nephew). The family resemblance was striking. It was the same upturned head carriage, with its hard, austere stare and determined jawline. Félicie recalled Loti's tale of regret at the eviction, in which he searches in vain, with great anxiety, for his brother's children." Expert: Ms Elisabeth MARECHAUX-LAURENTIN, for Cabinet MARECHAUX We would like to thank Mr.Sébastien LEBOUCHER, from the "documentation / collections inventory" department of the Rochefort museums, for sharing with us the comments of Mr.Alain Quella-Villéger, Pierre Loti's biographer, who states: "Loti had concluded that neither of Tarahu's two sons was Gustave's! What's interesting is to learn that the aforementioned Tarahu, whose identity had thus been proven, still told her side of the story. Loti being famous, it was undoubtedly profitable! It's true that Raymond Roussel was shown Rarahu's tomb, which never existed, so the legends went on...".

Estim. 700 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 133 - Antonio de BRUGADA 1804-1863 Coastal landscapes Pair of oil paintings on canvas signed and dated "1843". Height 64 cm. Width 90 cm. Framed. "Antonio de Brugada Vila - Madrid, 1804 - San Sebastian, 1863 Spanish painter, trained at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid between 1818 and 1821. Between 1820 and 1823, he was the National Militia of Madrid and, due to the political upheavals of the time, was taken prisoner and political persecution at the hands of the absolutists. In 1823, he was forced to seek asylum in France. He settled in Bordeaux, later the home of Goya, with whom he struck up a close friendship. He remained in France for eleven years, sporadic visits to Spain. There, he continued his artistic apprenticeship and political activism. Brugada embodied the Romantic image of the liberal artist in exile, fighting against tyranny. In 1828, after Goya's death, and at the request of the latter's son, he returned to Madrid to inventory the paintings in the Quinta del Sordo. A he returned to Bordeaux. Dedicated to landscapes, especially seascapes, he competed in the National Fine Arts Exhibitions, where he received an "honorable" mention in 1856, and a second-class "honorable" mention in 1858. honorable mention. In 1892, one of his paintings, entitled "La Sépulture de Goya, à Bordeaux", was exhibited in the historical section of the Exposition Nationale des Beaux-arts. Isabel II's chamber painter, his historical seascapes His historic seascapes are on display at the Naval Museum in Madrid, the Royal Palace and the Santamarca Foundation in Madrid. Source: Museo Nacional del Prado Biographical Note

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 184 - Probably Indo-Portuguese, 19th century. Carved teak and bronze ceremonial armchair. The front base emerges from open conches and rests on stylized lotus flowers in bronze, with waves and scrolls evoking the marine world, continuing into the belt centered on a bearded mascaron flanked by faithful dogs, and continuing into the sides of the armchair, centered on the same motif. The connecting dice are adorned with eagles in high relief. The armrest supports feature busts of armed men with breastplates adorned with a bearded sun, wearing cuffs in their braided headdresses adorned with feathers ending in the grimacing rostrum of fantastical animals. The lower part of the wide back supports are carved with scallop shells and horns of plenty, continuing as a mermaid's tail upwards, the latter bearing at the top two winged angels wearing laurel wreaths and the Catholic cross on their breastplates. They are protected by niches topped with flames. The central part is deeply carved with a male divinity overhanging two rich horns of plenty from which emerge shells including cowries and carved conch shells, surmounted in stylized clouds by two female figures probably representing hunting and fishing, surrounding a winged victory carved in very high relief at the limit of the round relief, surrounded by winged horses. Upholstered in two-tone green velvet with stylized floral motifs. Height: 174 cm. Length 85 cm. Depth: 70 cm. Some wear to the armrests. Our armchair presents an ornamental, decorative and religious synchretism that is out of the ordinary, but can be compared with Indo-Portuguese works.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR