Tigre dans les jungles is a remarkable study prior to the production of a celebrated lithograph which would be reproduced in the prominent revue L'Estampe Originale run by Paul Marty and for which Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Grasset, Bonnard, Renoir, Redon or Vallotton also each produced several well-known examples of their work. Possessed of significant graphic power, Ranson's image here evokes a Tiger bounding through the tropical undergrowth. The sinuous rhythm of the lines lends the work a strength which is comparable to the celebrated whiplash curves of Victor Horta or the organic creations of Hector Guimard.

Paul-Elie Ranson (1861-1909)

Tigre dans les jungles

signé 'P. Ranson' (en bas à droite)

encre de Chine, lavis d'encre et graphite sur papier

42.5 x 33.5 cm.

Exécuté en 1893

signed 'P. Ranson' (lower right)

India ink, ink wash and pencil on paper

16¾ x 13¼ in.

Executed in 1893

Sold € 162,000 in 2015

Paul Ranson (French, 1864-1909)

Poissons; and Crustacés

both signed with monogram 'PR' (lower right)

oil on canvas

33.5/8 x 20.7/8 in. (85.4 x 53 cm.)

Painted circa 1902

a pair (2)

sold GBP 16,000 in 1998

Paul-Elie Ranson (1861-1909)

Nu avant la messe noire

encre, lavis d'encre, fusain et graphite sur papier

25.5 x 27 cm.

Exécuté vers 1892-93

ink, ink wash, charcoal and pencil on paper

9 ½ x 10 5/8 in.

Executed circa 1892-93

sold € 8750 in 2016

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