Bidspirit auction | Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – “53 Drawings

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – “53 Drawings from Life” | Israel Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 1981 - An important and beautifully produced exhibition catalogue dedicated to the master of French Neoclassicism, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The book presents 53 original life drawings from the collections of the Musée Ingres (Montauban) and the Louvre, offering rare insight into Ingres’ working process — studies of the human figure, anatomical sketches, compositional drafts, and preparatory drawings for major paintings. Includes:  • High-quality reproductions of figure and nude studies  • Scholarly essays in French and Hebrew  • Detailed catalogue entries with technique, dimensions, provenance, and museum references  • Contextual links to major works such as Le Bain Turc and L’Âge d’Or Details:  • Title: Ingres – 53 Dessins sur le vif  • Publisher: Israel Museum, Jerusalem  • Year: 1981  • Pages: 171 pages  • Binding: Softcover  • Condition: Very good, light signs of handling only A highly desirable museum catalogue for collectors of classical art, academic drawing, and 19th-century French masters. An increasingly hard-to-find reference publication.