Gustave Bourgogne Beethoven's Eighth Symphony
An original mid-20th-century gouache painting, Gustave Bourgogne, Beethoven's Eighth Symphony.
A stunning interpretation in gouache of a piece of music, Beethoven's Eighth Symphony. The artist evokes a dreamlike landscape, with billows in pinks and blues, golden sprays of flowers and leaves, and what look like angelic or ethereal human figures.
Dimensions: Height: 15.7cm (6.18") Width: 23.8cm (9.37")
Presented: Unframed.
Medium: Gouache
Age: Mid-20th-century
Signed: Signed upper left.
Inscribed: Inscribed on the mount ‘huitieme symphonie de Beethoven—l’enfance.’
Dated: --
Condition: Backing card: A series of seven peripheral tears, one in lower centre, two on the left edge, and four along the top edge (including in upper right corner). Some areas of creasing in the upper right corner, upper centre, and all along the left edge, particularly on the lower left side. Light age toning around the corners, and some mount burn on the left side. Glue and remnants of mounting tape verso on the upper and lower left corners. Image itself: Pinholes in all four corners. Fraying to the paper along the lower edge, likely from being historically cut with a blunt instrument. Majority of the image has come loose from the mounting paper—only lower left corner remains affixed. Otherwise, image itself is in good condition.
Stock number: JG-722
