Alphonse-Étienne Dinet (1861-1929) aka Nasreddine Dinet
Jeux de Fillettes à Laghouat (Little Girls' Games in Laghouat)
Original Lithograph from the glorious portfolio "L'Estampe Moderne", issue #13 (May 1898)
On wove paper
Year: 1898
Size (sheet): 305 x 405 mm
Size (image): 245 x 345 mm
Signed on the plate "E Dinet", bottom right
Blind stamp of the publisher, bottom right, out of the image
Great condition: minor signs of age and handling
Full margins (not cropped, not trimmed)
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About the Collection (L'Estampe Moderne)
L'Estampe Moderne appeared in 1897-1899 as a series of 24 monthly fascicles, each containing 4 original lithographs, printed by Parisian Imprimerie Champenois. Many accomplished European Art Nouveau painters contributed works to this publication, which contained only Original prints invented and produced especially for this collection. The publication was edited by Charles Masson and H. Piazza. Each issue came in a paper cover bearing an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha.
Each lithograph was accompanied by a tissue containing the details (title of the artwork, name of the artist, etc.) and a short text by a well-known author who inspired the artist (this one being by French painter and writer Eugène Fromentin).
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About the artist
Nasreddine Dinet (born Alphonse-Étienne Dinet, 1861 – 1929) was a French orientalist painter and was one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes [Society for French Orientalist Painters]. He became so enchanted with Algeria and its culture, that in 1908 he converted to Islam, and was proficient in Arabic. In addition to his paintings, he translated Arabic literature into French.
Compared to modernist painters such as Henri Matisse, who also visited northern Africa in the first decade of the 20th century, Dinet's paintings are extremely conservative. They are highly mimetic, indeed ethnographic, in their treatment of their subject.
Dinet's understanding of Arab culture and language set him apart from other orientalist artists because as an Arabic speaking visitor, he was able to find nude models in rural Algeria where the 'rule of the veil' was less frequently observed.
His artworks are present in several international museums, and sold by international auctioneers worldwide.
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from the text by Eugène Fromentin (in French):
Elles sont assises en rond et jouent aux dames avec les cailloux de la rue. Les figures flottent dans je ne sais quelle blonde atmosphère qui fait évanouir les contours. Les vêtements se confondent presque avec les murailles; les pieds nus marquent à peine sur le terrain, et, sauf le visage qui fait tache en brun au milieu de ce vague ensemble, c'est à croire à des statues pétries de boue, et, comme les maisons, cuites au soleil.
Les petites filles sont vêtues comme leurs mères, mais un peu moins bien et un peu moins, ce qui rarement les intimide. Au lieu de turbans, elles ont des mouchoirs, souvent même, pour seule coiffure, une forêt de cheveux coupés courts, teints de rouge et formant toison. J'en connais de jolies; presque toutes sont charmantes; elles ont, en petit, la dignité de la femme avec les gentillesses farouches des enfants sauvages; je n'ai jamais vu tant de jolis pieds, tant de mains parfaites, ni rencontré plus de sourires tristes à côté de rires plus gais.
E. FROMENTIN.
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Important:
. The listing is for the original print, in the above mentioned very good / excellent condition.
. The original tissue paper introduction has some folds and tears, especially along the margins, and it will be given to the buyer as a gift for confirming the authenticity.
. The cover by Mucha is shown as a reference: a high quality picture will be given on request and, eventually, it is possible to purchase it on another listing (same to the other three plates of the issue)
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