Valentine Hugo (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1887 - Paris, 1968)
Isabelle d'Egypte, 1933
Charcoal, white chalk and stump on paper
Monogrammed on the bottom right "VH"
Annotated by the artist on the back on the cardboard
"Contes bizarres d'Achim von d'Armin"
Illustration pour Isabelle d'Egypte
Mars 1933 Valentine Hugo"
61 x 45 cm

Provenance:
- Librairie "Les mains libres", Jean Petithory, circa 1969, Paris
- Chantal Petithory, Paris
- Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris

Exhibitions:
- Paris, Galerie Pierre Colle, "Exhibition surrealiste: sculptures, objets, peintures, dessins", 7 - 18 June 1933, described in the catalogue as part of no. 43, unpaginated
- Milan, Palazzo Reale, "L'altra meta dell' avanguardia 1910 - 1940", 16 February - 18 May 1980
- Rome, Palazzo delle esposizioni, "L'altra meta dell'avanguardia 1910 - 1940", 3 July - 8 August 1980
- Stockholm, Stockholm Kulturhuset, "L'altra meta dell'avanguardia 1910 - 1940", 14 February - 10 May 1981, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 81, pp. 253-254

Bibliography:
- Librairie "Les mains libres", "catalogue n°2", 1969, illustrated in the catalogue under no.559, unpaginated
- A. Arnim, "Contes bizarres", Ed. des Cahiers libres, Paris, 1933, illustrated in the catalogue pp. 32 and 33