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Paul-Elie DUBOIS (1886-1949) Targui woman adorned Charcoal and gouache drawing, signed in the middle right. Height 44 - Width 34 cm Preparatory drawing for the Atlantis of Pierre Benoit, novel published in 1919. Paul-Élie Dubois participated in the illustration of the 1934 edition from his series of views of the Hoggar. Provenance : Drouot, sale of December 5, 2003, n° 82. "Paul-Élie Dubois does not behave like a cold and precise ethnologist. His contact with these people is above all emotional, it corresponds to a permanent wonderment in front of their customs marked by simplicity. (...) More than a painter traveler Paul-Élie Dubois is a missionary painter who did not usurp his titles of "Painter of Hoggar" or "Ambassador of Hoggar". Maurice Genevoix of the French Academy.
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Paul-Elie DUBOIS (1886-1949) Targui woman adorned Charcoal and gouache drawing, signed in the middle right. Height 44 - Width 34 cm Preparatory drawing for the Atlantis of Pierre Benoit, novel published in 1919. Paul-Élie Dubois participated in the illustration of the 1934 edition from his series of views of the Hoggar. Provenance : Drouot, sale of December 5, 2003, n° 82. "Paul-Élie Dubois does not behave like a cold and precise ethnologist. His contact with these people is above all emotional, it corresponds to a permanent wonderment in front of their customs marked by simplicity. (...) More than a painter traveler Paul-Élie Dubois is a missionary painter who did not usurp his titles of "Painter of Hoggar" or "Ambassador of Hoggar". Maurice Genevoix of the French Academy.