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Lot 11: Louis Dupré (1789-1837) « Un Giahour », Autoportrait, Rome, 1821

Est: €1,500 EUR - €2,000 EURSold:
Coutau-BegarieParis, FranceOctober 09, 2020

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11. Louis Dupré (1789-1837)
« Un Giahour », Autoportrait, Rome,
1821
Pierre noire et aquarelle sur papier
20 x 14 cm.
Signé, localisé et daté, en bas à droite : L.Dupré Rome 1821
Titré en bas au centre : Un Giahour (« Un infidèle »)

Elève de David, nommé peintre officiel de Jérôme Bonaparte en 1811, Louis Dupré reçoit en 1814 une pension pour étudier en Italie où il séjourne entre Naples et Rome.
Il y fait la connaissance de trois Britanniques amateurs d'art, Hyett, Hay et Vivian, qui vont lui donner l'occasion de se rendre en Grèce, en février 1819.

"Familiarisé dès mes plus jeunes années et sous la direction de l'illustre David, avec l'histoire et les chefs-d'œuvre de la Grèce, j'avais rêvé ce voyage, dans mon enfance même; plus tard, je sentis s'accroître mon désir, quand, amené par mes études au sein de l'Italie, je pus, au milieu de tant d'œuvres diverses, comparer les anciens avec les modernes, confronter ainsi les imitations avec les modèles, et, par ce rapprochement, me convaincre de la supériorité que, dans leur mutilation même, ces dépouilles de l'antiquité conservent encore sur les beaux ouvrages des grands maîtres de la Renaissance".

Le voyage en Grèce constitue selon ses dires un pèlerinage nécessaire pour "tout homme qui aime ou qui cultive les arts", sur "cette terre sacrée qui vit leur naissance et leur gloire".

Ses compagnons lui proposent "des arrangements honorables", son voyage étant défrayé et une somme importante devant lui être remise à son retour. Dupré passe trois mois en Grèce, notamment chez le consul français Fauvel, dont il réalise un célèbre portrait (fig.2). puis trois autres en Turquie. A son retour à Rome, en avril 1820, Dupré décide de faire paraître un récit de son voyage.

« Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople » est publié, de 1825 à 1839, en 10 livraisons, chacune composée de pages de texte et de quatre planches, reproduites d'après les dessins et les aquarelles que l'artiste envoyait régulièrement au Salon (de 1824 à 1837).

Considéré comme "certainement le plus bel ouvrage jamais réalisé sur la Grèce et la Turquie" (Henry Myron Blackmer, 1923-1988, bibliophile émérite, spécialiste du sujet), le Voyage à Athènes et Constantinople contient un bel autoportrait lithographié de Dupré, dédicacé à Léon Coignet (1794-1880), son ami rencontré à Rome.

Notre dessin, en tout point semblable, est certainement le dessin qui servit à la lithographie. Annoté avec dérision « Un Giahour », il s’agit certainement d’un clin d’œil au poème éponyme de Lord Byron (1788-1824), publié en 1813.
Nul doute que les deux hommes devaient partager les mêmes vues philhellènes, appelant à l’indépendance de la nation grecque (fig.5.). Si l’engagement de Byron pour cette cause fut total et sacrificiel (il meurt au siège de Missolonghi en 1824), les illustrations de Dupré, à leur humble niveau, firent beaucoup pour gagner nombre de consciences françaises.

Deux ans après la publication de la première livraison, les couronnes françaises, anglaises et russes, s’allieront afin d’écraser, à Navarin (20 octobre 1827), la flotte turque, première étape de l’Expédition de Morée, campagne rapide au cours de laquelle les 15.000 soldats français du Général Maison libèreront définitivement, le 5 novembre 1828, les grecs d’un joug de cinq siècles.

Illustrations comparatives :

Fig.1. Louis Dupré. Le Consul Louis Fauvel à son chevalet, L'Acropole à l'arrière-plan, huile sur toile, 55 x 62 cm., Sotheby’s Paris, 26 juin 2014, lot 72.
Fig.2. Page de titre de « Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople ».
Fig.3. Louis Dupré. Autoportrait, lithographie, in « Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople ».
Fig.4. Page de titre de « The Giaour » Londres, 1813.
Fig.3. Louis Dupré. Combattant grec, lithographie, in « Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople ».

Estimation 1.500 – 2.000 euros



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Once payment is received you will be issued an invoice and a collection sheet. Items can be collected after payment has been made. Buyers cannot take possession of or remove their purchases from the auction until the total purchase price, including applicable taxes or fees, has been paid in full.
All property must be removed from either our premises by the purchaser at his expense as soon as possible after the sale otherwise an handling charge, until its removal, will be payable to the Auction House by the purchaser.

In the event a successful bidder fails to pay any amounts due, within one month, the Auction House reserves the right to cancel the sale and re-sell the lot according to the « Folle Enchère » French law (Law of July 10th 2000). The purchaser will be charged for all the expenses caused by the re-auctioning of the property. If the new auction price does not reach the former one, the failing purchaser have to pay the difference.
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Once payment is received you will be issued an invoice and a collection sheet. Items can be collected after payment has been made. Buyers cannot take possession of or remove their purchases from the auction until the total purchase price, including applicable taxes or fees, has been paid in full.
All property must be removed from either our premises by the purchaser at his expense as soon as possible after the sale otherwise an handling charge, until its removal, will be payable to the Auction House by the purchaser.

In the event a successful bidder fails to pay any amounts due, within one month, the Auction House reserves the right to cancel the sale and re-sell the lot according to the « Folle Enchère » French law (Law of July 10th 2000). The purchaser will be charged for all the expenses caused by the re-auctioning of the property. If the new auction price does not reach the former one, the failing purchaser have to pay the difference.
In any case, the purchaser will be liable for any deficiency, any and all costs, handling charges, late charges, expenses, legal fees, expenses and incidental damages.



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A buyer's premium will be added to the successful bid price and is payable by the purchaser based on a percentage of the hammer price. It is important to remember that there is 28,80% TTC (buyers premium 24% + TVA 20%) on top of the hammer price.

For any purchase via the Invaluable Live platform, additional costs of 3,00% excl. VAT
will be applied

Payment:

A buyer's premium will be added to the successful bid price and is payable by the purchaser based on a percentage of the hammer price. It is important to remember that there is 28,80% TTC (buyers premium 24% + TVA 20%) on top of the hammer price.

Subject to any reserve price, the highest bidder shall be the buyer and a dispute shall be settled by the auctioneer who may at any time at his absolute discretion and regardless of the fall of the hammer re-open the bidding or withdraw the lot from sale.
Payment is in euro and is expected almost immediately after bidding for an item. We accept cash, pre-approved cheque or credit card. Bank commissions and expenses have to be paid by the buyer.

In the event a successful bidder fails to pay any amounts due, within one month, the Auction House reserves the right to cancel the sale and re-sell the lot according to the « Folle Enchère » French law (Law of July 10th 2000). The purchaser will be charged for all the expenses caused by the re-auctioning of the property. If the new auction price does not reach the former one, the failing purchaser have to pay the difference.
In any case, the purchaser will be liable for any deficiency, any and all costs, handling charges, late charges, expenses, legal fees, expenses and incidental damages.

Condition:

Coutau-Bégarie Auction House guarantees the authenticity of attribution of property listed in the catalogue which can be modified by saleroom notices or oral indications given at the time of the sale, recorded in the official sale record.
The correctness of the catalogue or other description of the physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibitions or historical relevance of any property is a statement of opinion only.
Any illustrations in the catalogue are solely for the guidance of prospective buyers and are not to be relied upon in terms of colour or necessarily to reveal imperfections in any lot.

Many lots are of an age or nature which precludes their being in mint condition and some descriptions in the catalogue make reference to damage or restoration. Such information is given for guidance only and the absence of such a reference does not imply that a lot is free from defects not either does any reference to particular defects imply the absence of others.