Peter FENDI
\nUn des 1000 ex., 96 pages (15 x 21), illustr\u00e9 de hors-texte en noir
\nLongtemps \u00e0 l\u2019abri des regards, les deux recueils dont proviennent les dessins de notre ouvrage ont \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9s aux ench\u00e8res \u00e0 Paris, fin 2006. Ils \u00e9taient pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s comme \u201cdans le style de Peter Fendi\u201d, un peintre de genre autrichien ayant v\u00e9cu pendant la premi\u00e8re moiti\u00e9 du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Bien connu des amateurs de Curiosa, un portefeuille d\u2019aquarelles \u00e9rotiques lui \u00e9tant attribu\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 \u00e0 Vienne en 1910. Mais nos dessins pourraient-ils \u00eatre de Fendi lui-m\u00eame ? Car si ce ne sont que des imitations inspir\u00e9es \u201cdans le go\u00fbt de\u201d, nous serions face \u00e0 l\u2019un des rares cas de l\u2019histoire de l\u2019art o\u00f9 le copiste surpasse l\u2019artiste qu\u2019il plagie ! Ces deux ensembles, aquarelles et dessins, d\u2019une qualit\u00e9 \u00e9quivalente, \u00e9voquant les m\u00eames sujets sans que l\u2019un ne soit la reproduction de l\u2019autre, ces deux ensembles pourraient-ils \u00eatre de la m\u00eame main ? Certes, dans le domaine de l\u2019\u00e9rotisme, o\u00f9 aucun cr\u00e9ateur ne se vante et o\u00f9 chacun se cache avec prudence, o\u00f9 l\u2019ironie de chaque pi\u00e8ge tendu doit amuser encore leurs protagonistes, il faut rester prudent, tant il devient difficile, une fois qu\u2019un si\u00e8cle, voire deux, se sont \u00e9coul\u00e9s, de d\u00e9finir la part des choses. Laissons alors trancher les chercheurs de l\u2019avenir, s\u2019ils d\u00e9couvrent quelque chose un jour\u2026 Aujourd\u2019hui, nous prenons plaisir \u00e0 diffuser ces images \u00e0 l\u2019humour et l\u2019\u00e9rotisme si particuliers et toujours efficaces, reflet d\u2019un pass\u00e9 peupl\u00e9 de libertins raffin\u00e9s. Pr\u00e9face d\u2019Alexandre DUPOUY<\/p>\n
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HISTOIRE NATURELLE
\nPeter FENDI<\/p>\n
One of the 1,000 paper-bound copies, black and white plate illustrations, 15 by 21 cm, 96 pages
\nHidden from the public eye for years, the two books from which are extracted the drawings we present here were offered at auction in late 2006. They were presented as \u201cin the style of Peter Fendi\u201d, an Austrian genre painter of the first half of the 19th century. Well-known by Curiosa enthusiasts, an erotic watercolour portfolio which had been attributed to him was published in Vienna in 1910. Could our drawings be attributed to Peter Fendi himself? If they only were \u201cin the style of\u201d inspired imitations, we would face one of the rare cases in art history in which the copyist outperforms the artist he plagiarizes! These twos sets, watercolours and drawings, of an equivalent quality, illustrate the same topics without one being the reproduction of the other. Could these two sets be from the same hand? Of course, in eroticism, no artist brags about his work, everyone hides cautiously, and the irony of every trap must keep on entertaining the protagonists; one must remain careful for it gets difficult, once one or two centuries have passed, to put things into perspective. Let the future researchers decide for us, if they ever find something someday\u2026 Today, let\u2019s enjoy publishing these pictures full of these special and efficient humour and eroticism which reflect a past peopled with sophisticated libertines. Preface by Alexandre DUPOUY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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