Valentine Hugo (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1887 - Paris, 1968) Isabelle of Egypt, 1933 Charcoal, white chalk and stump on paper Monogrammed lower right "VH Annotated in the artist's hand on the back of the board "Weird Tales by Achim von d'Armin". Illustration for Isabelle d'Egypte March 1933 Valentine Hugo 61 x 45 cm Provenance : - Les mains libres" bookshop, Jean Petithory, circa 1969, Paris - Chantal Petithory, Paris - Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn Collection, Paris Exhibitions : - Paris, Galerie Pierre Colle, "Surrealist Exhibition: sculptures, objects, paintings, drawings", 7 - 18 June 1933, described in the catalogue as part of no. 43, n.p. - Milan, Palazzo Reale, "L'altra metà dell' avanguardia 1910 - 1940", 16 February - 18 May 1980 - Rome, Palazzo delle esposizioni, "L'altra metà dell' avanguardia 1910 - 1940", 3 July - 8 August 1980 - Stockholm, Stockholm Kulturhuset, "L'altra metà dell'avanguardia 1910 - 1940", 14 February - 10 May 1981, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 81, pp. 253-254 Bibliography : - Librairie "Les mains libres", "catalogue no. 2", 1969, reproduced in the catalogue under no. 559, n.p. - A. Arnim, "Contes bizarres", Ed. des Cahiers libres, Paris, 1933, reproduced in the catalogue hors texte pp. 32 and 33