Charcoal and white chalk on paper

460 × 625 mm

Stamped (lower right & lower left)

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Provenance:

Studio sale at Me Bétheuil, Fontainebleau, Vente aux enchères de tout l’aterlier d’Armand Point, 6-7 November 1932, probably no. 156, as dessins non catalogués

Sale at Ader, Paris, Modern Art and Young Painters of the 50s, 17 April 2026, lot 14

Armand Point was a French painter and draughtsman associated with Symbolism. Trained within the academic tradition, he gradually moved away from Naturalism, developing a more idealised approach shaped by his interest in the Renaissance and the decorative arts. In 1894, he founded the Atelier de Haute-Claire, conceived as a return to craftsmanship and to a unity of the arts.

 

His works on paper, executed in pencil, charcoal or chalk, are marked by lines which pay particular attention to the rendering of structure and balance. Among these studies, drapery studies occupy an important place. In keeping with academic practice, they focus on the observation of cascading folds of fabric as a means of exploring volume, light, and rhythm, often with a distinctly sculptural quality.

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