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Amédée Joullin (1862-1917)
The Carver of Hieroglyphics
signed 'Amédée Joullin/NM.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
29 x 22 in. (73.7 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1900.
Provenance
(Probably) John Lunning, New York, by 1917.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1960.
Literature
(Probably) "Artist A. Joullin is Highly Honored," San Francisco Call, vol. 87, no. 185, May 14, 1900, p. 9.
(Probably) "Honors for Amedée Joullin," The Argonaut, vol. 46, no. 1211, May 28, 1900, p. 14.
(Probably) A.C. Winchell, "Art Works By Amedee Joullin Put On Display," San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 1917, p. 36.
(Probably) L.B. Powers, "Art," The Oakland Tribune,April 1, 1917, p. 24.
(Probably) G. Haley, ed., "Amedee Joullin," California Art Research, San Francisco, California, January 1937, p. 87.
Exhibited
(Probably) New York, Union League Club, An American Artist's Western Studies, November 14-16, 1901, n.p., no. 13.
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Amédée Joullin attracted considerable acclaim from the French government in May 1900, receiving the brevet of Officer of the Academy for four paintings, including a work titled The Carver of Heiroglyphics, which is likely the present example.

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