OPÉRA BOUFFE. OFFENBACH. Lucien MÉTIVET (1863-1930/32). The - Lot 9

OPÉRA BOUFFE. OFFENBACH. Lucien MÉTIVET (1863-1930/32). The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein, circa 1900. Drawing in ink and colored pencil, 29 x 21 cm the image, 39 x 29 cm the sheet. Monogrammed lower left. Bears the caption: "The Grand Duchess - And you... and your comrades... are you happy? Fritz - ...We're happy, and we're not... that's nature. La Grande-Duchesse - Well fed? Fritz - Oui... bien nourri... pas mal nourri... des pommes de terre... très mal nourri tout de même. (Act I, scene VIII) Les dames de guerre, after Meilhac and Halevy [author of the libretto for La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, Offenbach's Opéra bouffe, premiered on April 12, 1867 at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris, during the Universal Exhibition].