Charles JOUAS
1866 - 1942
The dogs of the north transept of the Saint-Merry church in Paris
1913
Charcoal, pastel, stump, white chalk hightlights, on paper pasted on cardboard
460 × 295 mm
Annotated, signed an dated with lead pencil on the bottem left St Merry//Chiens du transept nord//Ch. Jouas. 1913 and on the bottom right église Saint Merry//Les chiens du transept nord//Ch Jouas 1918
The drawing could prepare a print that Jouas could have made to illustrate Trois églises et trois primitifs by Huysmans, published in 1908. This was an activity that occupied him throughout his career. He never stopped drawing architectural views, often details of Parisian churches.