The Bestiary
Jouve drew talent, all species representing the animal world, birds of prey,bears, snakes, fish, monkeys, his domestic animals also being a subject of study.
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Cynocephalus looking at a Picasso, 1930
Encre de chine, stump and gouache
32 x 28 cm
Snake reared up, 1924
Pencil and encre de chine
43 x 51 cm
Brown bear, 1907
Pencil on Japanese paper
Python, 1922
Pencil, and highlights in oil on paper glued to a hardboard backing
Two dead pigs, 1903
Wax pencil
29,5 x 45 cm
Crocodile, 1910
Wax pencil
21,8 x 27,5 cm
Snake and antilope, Boghar 1908
Pencil on Japanese paper
60 x 80 cm
Fox, 1953
Pencil, ink and watercolour
18 x 23,5 cm
The Duchesse d'Uzès’s hunting dogs, 1956
Pencil, watercolour and highlights in gouache on Japanese paper
33 x 46 cm
Baby elephant, 1927
wax pencil on Japanese paper
33,5 x 39 cm
Le chien Bibine
Wax pencil on blank paper
21,5 x 15,5 cm
Clad Buffalo, 1917
Pencil on Japanese paper
Elephant 1930
Wax pencil and stump
45 x 33 cm
Cock, 1943
Pencil, stump and encre de chine on Japanese paper
24,5 x 18 cm
Rhinoceros
Encre de chine, pencil, stomp and highlights in gouache
28,5 x 22 cm
Baboons
Pencil and gouache
32 x 25,5 cm