Snake Sketch From "Peinture & dessins de Paul Jouve"

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Circa 1935 Snake sketch from book "Peinture & dessins de Paul Jouve" with signature on lower bottom. Not an original … more Circa 1935 Snake sketch from book "Peinture & dessins de Paul Jouve" with signature on lower bottom. Not an original Paul Jouve drawing.

Sketch : 7.5"L, 5.5"H between 2 clear glass in a black frame : 12.25"W 10.25"H

Jouve visited zoos all over the world, observing lions, tigers and panthers. His drawings, perfect in their anatomical accuracy, strongly evoke the suppleness, the nobility of wildcats .His stroke, naturalist at first, will evolve towards the stylization that fits perfectly in the Art Deco aesthetic. His drawings, perfect in their anatomical accuracy, strongly evoke the suppleness, the nobility of wildcats. His stroke, naturalist at first, will evolve towards the stylization that fits perfectly in the Art Deco aesthetic. less