Paul Jouve French, 1878-1973
Panthère Noire Marchant, 1920
Rare oil, charcoal and Chinese ink on cardboard.
Length: 25.1 in.
Height: 19.6 in.
Height: 19.6 in.
signed "Jouve"
Like the famous Shere-Khan tiger, created the same year, our Black Panther is one of Jouve’s most iconic figures. Artist’s striking modernity comes through in every cubist plane of the...
Like the famous Shere-Khan tiger, created the same year, our Black Panther is one of Jouve’s most iconic figures. Artist’s striking modernity comes through in every cubist plane of the feline and will have a strong impact on his friend and contemporary François Pompon when he conceives his famous “Polar Bear” in 1922.
Provenance
Private collection, Paris.
Publications
Preparatory drawing appears in: Paul Jouve, peintre sculpteur animalier by Félix Marcilhac, aux Editions de l’Amateur, 2005 p. 142.