French School c1920

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Design for a Mosque.
Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour on paper.
Unsigned.
Framed and glazed.
It is likely this drawing was a proposed design for The Grande Mosquée de Paris ("Great Mosque of Paris"), which is the largest mosque in France and the third largest in Europe. It was founded after World War I as a sign of France's gratefulness to the colonies's Muslim tirailleurs, 100,000 of whom died fighting against Germany. The Mosque was built following the mudéjar style, and its minaret is 33 meteres high. President Gaston Doumergue inaugurated it on July 15, 1926.

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 17½ x 40 in. (44.5 x 101 cm.) Frame size 23¼ x 46 in. (59.1 x 115.6 cm.) Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Watercolours Date c1920 1920s Antiques Material Paper Origin French Condition The drawing has been cleaned and preserved by a leading conservator. Some tears in the paper (to the left and right side of the drawing) have been stabilised. Item code as176a113 Status Sold

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