Sem Frederick (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Nice: D. Boistier & Fleuedelys Editeur. 1876 1876
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketFirst editions of these attractive souvenirs featuring spirited renderings of the carnival procession at Nice in 1876. Both were clearly taken on the spot, Giordano's perhaps being the more sophisticated, and featuring identifications of some of the floats. These include the Floats of the Beetles and of the Rabbits, the Float of… Cosmography, and the Float of the Kitchen turned Upside-down (la Cuisine Renversée), with a group of animals feasting on human flesh with a chef hanging in the meat-safe, all of which feature in both panoramas. Details of both artists are elusive: neither is listed in Thiemme-Becker or Vollmer, and Sem is often confused with the later and better-known caricaturist Georges Goursat, who would have been just 13 at the time of publication. Frederick Sem seems to have made some sort of career as an artist-illustrator based in London catering to literary and theatrical circles (Blake). Fragile and consequently highly ephemeral, these panoramas offer an appealing evocation of the beginnings of the modern carnival in Nice. We locate the Bibliothèque nationale Française copy only of the first-named; the second is unrecorded. Erin Blake, "The mysterious 'Sem'", Folger Shakespeare Library website blog post. Both landscape octavo. Folding lithographic panorama to each, 720 and 880 mm long respectively. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A little used, a few minor chips and splits, misfolds to the panoramas, but overall very good.
