PAUL JOUVE (1878-1973) Reclining panther Mixed media on paper pasted on cardboard; with a pencil note of a fawn in the lower left corner. Presented under glass and in an original Havard silver and black frame (the profile of the molding drawn by Paul Jouve). Signed JOUVE under the fawn's tail, lower left; the cardboard is stamped in ink on the back by Havard, Paris. Sight: 51 x 64.5cm Provenance: Collection M., Paris VII. Acknowledgements: We would like to express our sincere thanks to the artist's successor for confirming the authenticity of this work and for the information he gave us about it. Bibliography and related works Félix Marcilhac - Paul Jouve- Peintre sculpteur animalier- Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005. A very similar work is reproduced on page 131.