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Artist: Domergue J,G.

Jean-Gabriel Domergue was a French painter often described as “the inventor of the pin-up” for his wide-eyed, slender-necked portraits of Parisian women from the 1920s. He was born on March 4, 1889 in Bordeaux, France and studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. At the age of 17, he exhibited works at the Salon des Artistes Français and in 1920, was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome. Though he started his career as a painter of landscapes, by the 1920s he devoted himself entirely to portraits of women, ultimately painting over 3,000 images over the course of his life. He was a sought-after portraitist in aristocratic circles and also worked as a designer for notable couturiers, including Paul Poiret and Henry Marque. In 1955, Domergue was appointed curator at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris, and was later named a Knight of the Legion of Honor and Fellow of the Academy of Fine Arts. He died November 16, 1962 in Paris, France.

In our collection: La Parisienne is a deluxe French artist’s book published in Paris by Joseph Foret. It brings together unpublished texts by Cécil Saint-Laurent with 20 original colour lithographs by Jean-Gabriel Domergue, the celebrated painter of elegant Parisian women. The work was conceived as a true livre de luxe: all lithographs were printed directly from the artist’s stones, the print run was strictly limited, and the stones were destroyed after printing.

The entire edition comprises only 197 copies, divided by paper quality into several categories, from a handful of ultra-luxury impressions on Japon Nacre to larger—but still exclusive—runs on fine European papers. Each copy was individually numbered and signed.

Our copy bears the number CXXXI (131) and belongs to the category:

“117 copies on Marais, pur fil paper, numbered LXXVI to CXCII.”

It is therefore part of the main luxury edition, printed on high-quality Marais paper and hand-signed by Jean-Gabriel Domergue. A fully authentic, collectible example of this prestigious limited edition, combining original art, literature, and fine book craftsmanship.

Artist: Domergue J,G.

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