Objets d'Art et d'Ameublement : Tableaux Anciens et Modernes Succession de Mme Léo Delibes (première vente) (Paris Drouot, 1919)
One of multiple auctions held at Drouot in 1919
The 12 plates contain photographs of furniture and art works. The images are monochromatic but have a cream colored background, the images of the furniture have been manipulated (cut out from background, numbers added). One of the plates contains the subscript: 'Helio Léon Marotte Paris', which suggests these are heliographs.
This auction was held after the death of Léontine Estelle Denain (1844-1919), who had been married to composer Léo Delibes (1836-1891). Delibes had died in his fifties, his last years had been financially stable and socially secure. His spouse Léontine was the daughter of a well known actress. Apparently the couple (or Léontine alone?) had acquired a considerable art collection.
Ex libris W. Jercharoff (or Sercharoff) ? ms in pencil on titlepage
Catalogue des Objets d'Art et d'Ameublement du XVIIIe Siècle et autres. Porcelaines de Chine et du Japon, de Sèvres et d'Allemagne / Faiences - objets variés / sculptures / bronzes - pendules / sièges et meubles / tapisseries - tapis / Tableaux Anciens et Modernes par F. Boucher, Decamps, Diaz, Puvis de Chavannes, etc. / Dont la vente, en vertu d'ordonnance / après le décès de Mme Leo Delibes / aura lieu a Paris / Hotel Drouot, Salles Nos 9 et 10 / Les vendreri 4 et Samedi 5 Juillet 1919, à 2 heures / Commissaires-priserus M. Victor Hubert, M. Henri Baudoin ...
Keywords: Delibes, Léo -- 1836-1891; Delibes, Léontine Estelle; 19th Century (1801-1900); Collecting; Catalog; Fine art; Applied arts; Composer; Paris (France); inventaris