Carlos SCHWABE (Altona, 1866 - Paris, 1926) Study for The Smoking Heart Graphite, Indian ink, gouache and watercolour Signed and dated 'CARLOS SCHWABE 93' in Indian ink lower left and a second time 'carlos schwabe 95' in pencil in the centre Bears several labels on verso (Insolate) Study for 'The Smoking Heart', graphite, Chinese ink, gouache and watercolour, signed and dated, by C. Schwabe 11.42 x 8.86 in. 29.0 x 22.5 cm Provenance: Gérard Lévy Collection ; Then by descent Exhibitions: French Symbolist Painters, London, Hayward Gallery, 7 June - 23 July 1972, Liverpool, Walker Arts Gallery, 9 August - 17 September 1972, cat. no. 310: "Study for The Smoking Heart", reproduced p. 141 [label on verso]. El Simbolismo en la Pintura Francesa, Madrid, Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporeano, October-November 1972, Barcelona, Museo de Arte Moderno, December 1972, cat. no. 249: "Estudio Para 'El Corazon Humante'", p. 107 [label on reverse] Symbolisme et naturalisme : Carlos Schwabe, illustrateur du Rêve de Zola, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 28 June - 25 September 1994, " Étude pour 'Le Cœur fumant'" Bibliography: Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David, Carlos Schwabe, Symboliste et visionnaire, ACR Edition, 1994, reproduced on p. 101: "Study for 'The Smoking Heart'". At the same time as Carlos Schwabe was working on the violent, tormented compositions of Les Fleurs du mal, he was also using his more flexible drawing to depict the Virgin Mary. In a preparatory drawing for L'Immortalité, one of the tales in Edmond Haraucourt's L'Effort, which the artist illustrated in 1894, depicting the smoking heart, the symbol of Faith, Schwabe had drawn a woman whose upturned face and distraught gaze expressed all her mysticism. Imbued with gentleness, this feminine image of religious ecstasy, whose features are directly borrowed from his wife Maria, was the starting point for a serial work on the Mother of God, undertaken by Schwabe between 1895 and 1899. We would like to thank Mr Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond for confirming the authenticity of this work by means of a visual examination on 28 November 2024 and for his invaluable assistance in writing this notice. Carlos SCHWABE (Altona, 1866 - Paris, 1926) 29.0 x 22.5 cm At the same time as Carlos Schwabe was working on the violent, tormented compositions of Les Fleurs du mal, he was also using his more flexible drawing to depict the Virgin Mary. In a preparatory drawing for L'Immortalité, one of the tales in Edmond Haraucourt's L'Effort, which the artist illustrated in 1894, depicting the smoking heart, the symbol of Faith, Schwabe had drawn a woman whose upturned face and distraught gaze expressed all her mysticism. Imbued with gentleness, this feminine image of religious ecstasy, whose features are directly borrowed from his wife Maria, was the starting point for a serial work on the Mother of God, undertaken by Schwabe between 1895 and 1899. We would like to thank Mr Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond for confirming the authenticity of this work by means of a visual examination on 28 November 2024, and for his invaluable assistance in writing this notice.