Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861-1942)
Bouquet d'iris blanches et de tulipes rouges
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Jacques Emile Blanche, Portrait de Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) dans le jardin d'Offranville (1913)
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Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942) - Vaslav Nijinsky in ‘Danse Siamoise’
Oil on canvas. Painted c.1911.
87 x 47.6 inches, 221 x 121 cm. Estimate: US$1,000,000-1,500,000.
Sold Christie’s, New York, 20 Oct 2022 for US$2,700,000 incl B.P.
Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950), of the Ballets Russes, ‘le Dieu de la danse’, is regarded as one of the most talented dancers of the 20th century. He is depicted here in the Leon Bakst-designed costume for la Danse Siamoise, which was one of two solos he performed in Les Orientales, the other being Kobold, which was danced to a piano piece by Grieg and orchestrated by Stravinsky.
Blanche painted other works of Nijinsky but nearly all were lost at sea when the ship they were on, possibly the Lusitania, was torpedoed and sunk in 1915 whilst en route to New York.
Part of the Ann & Gordon Getty Collection sold to benefit the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts. All lots appear to have been sold without reserve. This part of the collection (Important Pictures and Decorative Arts) is available as a free pdf (174.3 MB). Simply pop the following into a new window:
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Once you’ve downloaded it, taking it down to 60% will give you a double-page view like with the actual catalogue. Just enlarge it to read the bits you’re interested in. This might not apply if you’re not an old fogey like me. I’ve been putting up a few of these paintings so you can ignore this chunk of those posts. Go on, it’s a free art book!
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Jacques Emile Blanche - Portrait of The Honourable Mrs Charles Russell, née Adah Williams (1868-1959), half-length, in a brown dress
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Jacques Emile Blanche (b.1861 - d.1942), 'Portrait of Tamara Karsavina', oil on canvas, c.1928, French, for sale for est. 20,000 - 30,000 GBP in Christie's British & European Art sale, November & December 2020.
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Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861-1942)
Interior with flowers and tea set
oil on canvas
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Oil painting of Aubrey Beardsley, by Jacques-Emile Blanche (1895) [x]
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jacques-emile blanche - andre-gide-at-21-years-old
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Jacques-Emile Blanche - Portrait of the Novelist Colette (1905)
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