Louis-Léon-Eugène BILLOTEY (1883–1940) - Lot 58

Louis-Léon-Eugène BILLOTEY (1883–1940) Portrait of Iphigenia, circa 1935 Gouache and ink on tracing paper. Studio stamp in the lower right corner. 29.5 x 54.5 cm This gouache is similar to the oil on canvas depicting The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, owned by the Centre Georges Pompidou, National Museum of Modern Art (inv. AM 2029P), on loan to the Roubaix Museum of Art and Industry since 1994. This subject inspired the artist to produce numerous studies, notably cataloged as numbers 120 through 129 and then 147 through 149 in the exhibition catalog *Louis Billotey: Classical Ambition* (Musée départemental de l’Oise, Beauvais, April 24–June 23, 2002; Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, June 28–September 1, 2002; La Piscine—André Diligent Museum of Art and Industry, Roubaix, October 4–December 8, 2002; Musée du Donjon, Niort, December 20, 2002–February 20, 2003; Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, May–June 2003).