This is my most recent purchase of the work of Marcel Vertes!
It was a “wall hanging” purchased in France in the sixties;
The title of the work is “Le Jardin de Pierrot”
Pierrot was a boy member of the characters in the “Commedia dell’arte”; a comedy group
that started in Italy and spread to France.
It was hand printed on linen fabric by the company Corot and the label signed by the artist.
I had it made into a pillow!
He died in 1961; so it was done before that.
Imagine my surprise when a very nice man from Chicago wrote me that he had purchased
what seems to me to be the “original” hand painted on burlap!
(he found me by “googling ” Marcel Vertes)
and saw my collection and read my blogpost about the artist!
He was at an estate sale; and it was sitting on the floor unpriced. What a great eye!!
The hand painted burlap painting is stretched on a wooden frame.
The man who bought it was told that it was sold by Sotheby’s in 2006 for $14,000.00!
It is very large; 81″ long and 31″ tall. Gorgeous!
His signature in paint!
Here is the overall view. As you can see the colors are slightly different;
but the boy in the tricorn hat and the donkey are almost identical!
It is very large: 81″ long by 31″ high, painted on burlap!
My pillow is above.
They are very very similar; thought not exact.
Here is the close-up of the boy in the painting.
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My close-up of the donkey above.
His donkey.
This lovely painting is now for sale on ebay!!
PS; while writing this post I remembered I have a “gouache” by Vertes of this same boy with a tricorne hat!
9 Responses
Lovely! (Both you and the painting) Enjoy your weekend.
HELLO HELLO…………….What a lovely find indeed and I love how he found YOU!I saw the pillow and it’s loverly…………..what a FIND!
Good to see you back up and POSTING…………I just spent 6 hours in the EMERGENCY room only to come out with nothing wrong!!I was HAPPY to see your POST…………now I best go rest up from all my resting UP!!!Got nothing done today……….XOXO
via email:
I got this post finally and it’s so interesting again!
Didn’t you have a similar coincidence with the French screen?
Wasn’t it French ?
And there were those hand painted dishes!! – All ending up on this small beach in the Big World!
But I have to tell you
THIS PHOTO IS SENSATIONAL!
THE VERY BEST ONE OF YOU THAT I’VE SEEN!!
Who took it?
It’s a Keeper!
AND SO ARE YOU!!
X&Adam
Ps: such a sweet dog too!
Have I met him/her/it?
(Although pets are never ever just “it”!
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Bob Schulenberg
That is Pete! A corgi-mix rescue from Kansas!
From the corgi-mix rescue site http://www.forpaws.org!
Isn’t he handsome? My friend Steven Stolman took the picture!
That pillow is on the bed in our bedroom!
via email:
Wow !!! what a wonderful story…gorgeous paintings…and how fabulous that you made yours into a pillow….. super photo of all THREE of you, too !!! (Love how that man “found” you by googling Vertes….Now THAT is a good use of modern media….xoxoxo
Wendy3
via email:
Wow how cool is that!
Thanks for sharing
Kris in Seattle
(click on the title people!! You get a much better version of the post!!!! I LOVE your comments!)
via email:
(no one has time to click on the title..) we are all inundated!
“What a story, thank you for sharing
this great story. I, like you, love
this artist.
You certainly have the eye!
Love
M”
You have a beautiful collection. I have a vertes pencil portrait in it’s original frame, and am seeking an offer. Feel free to e-mail me if interested. mitchellawagner@gmail.com
Regards,
Mitchell
I am always interested in adding to my collection! Lucky me! I adore almost every single work of this artist!!!!