Constantin GUYS (Flushing, 1802 - Paris, 1892) The Lioness Walk Grey ink wash with white highlights The Lioness' Walk, grey ink wash and white highlights, by C. Guys 13.58 x 8.66 in. 34.5 x 22.0 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Alph. Bellier, 28 May 1952, no. 20 ; Gérard Lévy Collection; Then by descent Exhibitions: Cent Aquarelles du XIXeme, Paris, Galerie Dina Vierny, March-April 1947 [label on back]. Constantin Guys, Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, January - March 1952 [label on reverse] Les 30 ans de la Galerie, Paris, Galerie Kaganovitch, 4 May - 18 June 1966 [back label] Eros Hugo / entre pudeur et excès, Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo, 19 November 2015 - 21 February 2016, cat. no. 56: "La promenade des lionnes", reproduced p.154 Bibliography: Cogniat, Raymond (ed.), Orientations de la peinture française de David à Picasso, Éditions La Diane Française, 1950, cat. no. 61, reproduced Constantin GUYS (Vlissingen, 1802 - Paris, 1892) 34.5 x 22.0 cm