Lot n° 106
Estimation :
800 - 900
EUR
Lucien Fontanarosa: Venice — The Gondolier, September 1973 ( - Lot 106
Lucien Fontanarosa: Venice — The Gondolier, September 1973 (Gouache, pencil, and red chalk)
Gouache, pencil, and red chalk
Dedicated, signed, and dated by hand at the bottom edge: “To Yves Guérin, with warm regards, September 1973,” signed “Fontanarosa”
Dimensions:
Sheet: 36 × 27 cm (14.17 × 10.63 in.) — Image: full sheet
Condition: good condition, unframed
Provenance: Yves Guérin’s guestbook, compiled between 1963 and 1992 (provenance from a single collection).
Description: A vibrant gouache of a Venetian gondolier—a tall figure in a striped swimsuit, standing at his oar in the foreground, a second gondola and its rower to the right, and the domes of Venice (la Salute) fading into a warm ochre light in the background, all built upon a vivid preparatory drawing in pencil and red chalk. Lucien Fontanarosa was a French painter and illustrator of Italian origin, a student of Lucien Simon, winner of the First Grand Prix de Rome (1936), and a member of the Institut de France (1955); Venice—and the gondolier above all—were among his most cherished subjects; he used “The Gondolier” as the cover for the 1971 catalog of *Peintres Témoins de leur Temps*. An illustrator for Mac Orlan, Giono, and Daudet, he also designed the 500-franc “Pascal” banknote and exhibited alongside the sculptor Volti (also featured in this album). Signed, dated, and inscribed by hand.
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