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Jules Chadel
“The Gesturing Man”

Circa 1935

$950
£720.28
€840.89
CA$1,358.41
A$1,379.35
CHF 787.41
MX$16,667.11
NOK 9,249.39
SEK 9,224.15
DKK 6,286.36

About the Item

Original watercolor on archival paper of a gesturing old man by the well known French artist Jules Chadel. Condition is very good. Two spots of foxing or staining to the left of the figure. Very slight wrinkling of paper. Otherwise, no other issues. Circa 1935/1940. Gallery wide linen matted and framed with a thin silver leaf frame. Overall framed measurements are 19.5 by 20 inches. Provenance: A Nokomis, Florida collector. Biography Jules Louis Chadel (b. Clermont-Ferrand, France 1870 - d. Paris, 1941) studied sculpture at the Clermont-Ferrand School of Fine Arts and enrolled at the École des arts décoratifs, Paris in 1893 and worked as a stone sculptor on building sites to support himself. He entered the workshop of the jeweller Georges Le Turq and in 1904 Chadel was hired in 1904 by the jeweller Henry Vever, where he discovered Japanes art, and for whom he designed, among other things, the model of the sword of honor offered to Marshal Foch by the City of Paris in 1919. He was influenced by Prosper -Alphines Isaac and Yoshijiro Urushibara, with whom he trained in 1911. He was awared the Legion of Honour in 1927 but died prematurely after a car accident.
  • Creator:
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1935
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Several spots of foxing.
  • Gallery Location:
    Southampton, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU14117889002

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