Original Watercolor Drawing Art Deco Jean Alphonse Stival Woman Costume Daudet

  

Original ink and watercolor drawing on paper. Portrait of a woman in a vibrant interior: "Colette disguised as a baker". 17.4 x 13.3 cm image, 27.4 x 23.1 cm total sheet. The drawing is signed at the bottom left. Good condition, signs of wear, a tear at the top that extends onto the image (see photos).

The exiled kings are actually a single little king from an imaginary Balkan state, dethroned by a revolution and seeking refuge in Paris. He is surrounded by a group of loyal followers, dreaming of a triumphant restoration, but eventually grows tired of the life of pleasures led in the capital.

The local color that enriches the book is largely due to the tumultuous affairs of the small Balkan state. The novel should be considered less as a continuous story and more as a series of episodes, intended to highlight the inevitable decline to which exile condemns the main character and many of the characters around him.