SAND, George (i.e. Amantine-Aurore-Lucie DUPIN, baronne DUDEVANT, 1804-1876). Twenty watercolour landscapes, some heightened with touches of white, one inscribed lower right 'Aurore Dendrativit', circa 1860-1875, 80 x 168mm - 154 x 242mm , three drawings inscribed on the verso and first leaf of album with authentication by Aurore Sand, the inscribed drawing with pencil inscription on verso stating that it was given to her grand-daughter Aurore, all loosely inserted into a maroon morocco ablum, the covers blocked in gold, with onlays of red, green, orange and yellow, in Gothic style of scallops, roundels and other decorations, the spine similarly decorated (hinges worn), g.e. At the Château of Nohant in Berry, one of George Sand's pastimes was the painting of landscapes which she called 'dendrites', comparing them with the prints of fossilised plants found in mineralogy. Theophile Gauthier describing his visit to Nohant to one of the Goncourt brothers explained that George Sand was preoccupied with the creation of 'dendrites'. They were made by flattening paint between two sheets of paper, then with a brush and a box of colours she proceeded to make the resulting random shapes of coloured paint into delightful flowers, figures and imaginary landscapes.
SAND, George (i.e. Amantine-Aurore-Lucie DUPIN, baronne DUDEVANT, 1804-1876). Twenty watercolour landscapes, some heightened with touches of white, one inscribed lower right 'Aurore Dendrativit', circa 1860-1875, 80 x 168mm - 154 x 242mm , three drawings inscribed on the verso and first leaf of album with authentication by Aurore Sand, the inscribed drawing with pencil inscription on verso stating that it was given to her grand-daughter Aurore, all loosely inserted into a maroon morocco ablum, the covers blocked in gold, with onlays of red, green, orange and yellow, in Gothic style of scallops, roundels and other decorations, the spine similarly decorated (hinges worn), g.e. At the Château of Nohant in Berry, one of George Sand's pastimes was the painting of landscapes which she called 'dendrites', comparing them with the prints of fossilised plants found in mineralogy. Theophile Gauthier describing his visit to Nohant to one of the Goncourt brothers explained that George Sand was preoccupied with the creation of 'dendrites'. They were made by flattening paint between two sheets of paper, then with a brush and a box of colours she proceeded to make the resulting random shapes of coloured paint into delightful flowers, figures and imaginary landscapes.
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