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Lot 494:
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Keywords: Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Belle Epoque, Fin de siecle, Vienna Secession, Gustav Klimt style, Alphonse Mucha style, Aubrey Beardsley style, Early 20th century Fine Art, Ethereal figures, Sensual art, Pastel tones
Mariette Lydis (1890-1970), The Two Friends, signed lithograph. The artwork features two reclining figures. Signed lower left and dedicated on the back. The inscription, written in French and dated Paris 1947. The work is inscribed: "For Monsieur Henri Morel, artist and friend of artists, with all my sympathy. Mariette Lydis, Paris 1947."
Artist Bios: Mariette, Comtesse Govone, lived an extraordinary life of adventure and sexual intrigue. She was born Marietta Ronsperger in Vienna in 1887 (or, depending on which source you believe, 1890, 1892, or 1894). She married Jean Lydis in 1922, but left him for the Italian writer Massimo Bontempelli, who took her to Paris. In 1928 Mariette Lydis married the art publisher Comte Giuseppi Govone.
Lydis had a great artistic success in 30s Paris, starting with a solo show at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune, after which she became a member and a juror at the Salon d’Automne*. Mariette Lydis fled the Nazis invasion of France with her lover Erica Marx, taking refuge in the sleepy Cotswold town of Winchcombe, before making a perilous voyage to Buenos Aires. Lydis was also close to the aviator Amelia Earhart.
Art: 16 x 31 1/2 in. (40.6 x 80 cm.), Frame: 19 1/4 x 35 in. (48.9 x 88.9 cm.) approx
ID 12
Condition: Overall good condition. No major flaws noted. Please see photos
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