Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary
Architect. Drawings from the
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Morgan Library and Museum,
New York
31st January–10th May |
:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Aqueduct to
bring water to the
Holy City, from
L’Architecture
Civile (1777–1825),
by Jean-Jacques
Lequeu. Pen,
wash, and
watercolour,
51.6 by 36.4 cm.
(Bibliothèque
nationale de
France, Paris; exh.
Morgan Library
and Museum,
New York).
Attributed works:
1. Aqueduct to
bring water to the
Holy City, from
L’Architecture
Civile (1777–1825),
by Jean-Jacques
Lequeu. Pen,
wash, and
watercolour,
51.6 by 36.4 cm.
(Bibliothèque
nationale de
France, Paris; exh.
Morgan Library
and Museum,
New York).
Attributed works:
3. Draughtsman’s
tools, from
Architecture
Civile (1777–1825),
by Jean-Jacques
Lequeu. Pen,
ink, wash and
watercolour,
51.6 by 36.4 cm.
(Bibliothèque
nationale de
France, Paris; exh.
Morgan Library
and Museum,
New York).
Short Notice
Ornament from China: sources for a garden folly design by Jean-Jacques Lequeu
1. Details of the ‘jeu de bague chinois’ at
Monceau, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. c.1780.
Ink on paper, 44.8 by 34.9 cm. (Bibliothèque
nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Design for a ring stand for the ‘jeu de
bague’ at Chatou, by Jean-Jacques Lequeu.
c.1780. Ink, wash and watercolour on paper,
21.9 by 18.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de
France, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Design for the ‘jeu de bague’ at Chatou, by
Jean-Jacques Lequeu. c.1780. Pencil on paper,
20.4 by 12.4 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de
France, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Design for a ceramic sculpture of the
Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin. Chinese, c.1770.
Ink and watercolour on paper, 24.8 by 24.9
cm. (From Recueil de Vases Antiques. et
Piéces [sic], tirés des Cabinets Chinois de
l’Empereur Kien-Long., pl.8; private collection;
photograph by Richard P. Goodbody).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Design for a ceramic sculpture of a Daoist
immortal. Chinese, c.1770. Ink and watercolour
on paper, 24.8 by 24.9 cm. (From in Recueil
de Vases Antiques. et Piéces [sic], tirés des
Cabinets Chinois de l’Empereur Kien-Long.,
pl.12; private collection; photograph Richard
P. Goodbody).
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Visionary Architects, Boullée, Ledoux, Lequeu