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ID number: BIRBI-2006.2 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Derain, André (1880-1954) Title / Object name: La Chute de Phaëton (The Fall of Phaeton) Object type: Drawing Place made: France Culture: French Date made: about 1905 Materials: Brush, pen and black ink Measurements: Paper 640 x 358 mm; mount 872 x 570 mm Provenance: Ambrose Vollard, Paris; purchased from Stoppenbach & Delestre Ltd., London, July 2006 |
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Phaethon, son of Helios the sun-god, persuades his father to let him drive his sun-chariot, but wreaks such havoc that he is struck from the sky by Zeus (Ovid: Metamorphoses II, 150-327). A popular theme in the history of art, the abstracted and destructive quality of this work illustrates the artist’s role as a leading exponent of Fauvism. Notes: Drawing of subject in Pompidou, Paris André Derain (1880 - 1954), La Chute de Phaéton, char du soleil, [1905 - 1906], Aquarelle et mine graphite sur papier, 62,5 x 47,7 cm, Non signé, non daté, Dation, 1994, Inventory number : AM 1994-82 |
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