LA DECLARATION

 THE PROPOSAL

29,9 x 34,6 cm

1876

Huile sur panneau signée Paul Viry

en bas à gauche

Provenance M.C.Clers Galleries Londres 20 000 à 30 000 $

Vente à New York Sotheby's 19th century european art,

du  24 avril 2003,

Vente en 2003 aux Etats-Unis

citée par la Côte de Drouot de 2007 : 18000 euros.

la plaque photographique est conservée

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"At the same gallery was a typical picture of the genre on its romantic side by one of its greatest exponents, Paul Viry, the proposal wich we reproduce. As frankly artificial and romantic as the artificial comedy wich we all enjoy in a stage play, the picture creates a world of its own. Its claim lies in the absolute perfection wich every detail is observed and painted. The bricks of the house through the screen of leaves, the embossed patterning of the lady’s dress, the flowers in the basket, the sheen of the cavalier’s velvet cloak : all is given a Pre-raphaelite distinctness, allthought the whole piece is woven into a harmony of colour, an all-pervading soft gold from the stone work of the house and the cream of her gown giving unity and synthesis. The formal quality of this work is perhaps not typical.

More often there is a liveliness of swift action seized at some dramatic moment of gaiety or comedy."

 

Subject pictures of yesterday and today

APOLLO the Magazine of the Arts

for Connoisseurs and Collectors

London New York February 1951

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