Carlos SCHWABE (Altona, 1866 - Paris, 1926) Spleen and Ideal, after Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire Colour engraving, gold highlights and fillets Signed 'CARLOS SCHWABE' lower right Bears two labels relating to two exhibitions Bears two numbers 146 and 159 on the reverse Watermarked paper around the edge pl. 22,5 x 15 cm Sheet size: 27.5 x 19.5 cm Spleen and Ideal, illustration for 'The Flowers of Evil', by Charles Baudelaire, engraving in colours, highlights and gold threads, signed, by C. Schwabe 8.86 x 5.91 in. 22.5 x 15.0 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. 314: "Spleen et Idéal", reproduced p. 142 [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. 253: "Esplin E Ideal", p. 108 [label on reverse] Bibliography: related: Jumeau-Lafond, Jean-David, Carlos Schwabe, Symboliste et visionnaire, ACR Edition, 1994, reproduced p. 93: "Spleen et Ideal". Baudelaire, Charles, Les Fleurs du Mal illustrées par la peinture symboliste et décadente, Éditions Diane de Selliers, 2005, reproduced p. 441: "Spleen et Idéal". 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) 22.5 x 15.0 cm 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 note.