Original Lecadre of Paris cabinet photograph of Gounod and the painter Hébert, signed and inscribed by Hébert to their mutual friend, symbolist artist Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916): "a mon cher ami Redon / Souvenir de deux vieux jeu. Hebert" [to my dear friend Redon / Souvenir of two old hats."]. In very fine condition. 16.3 x 10.3 cm.
Gounod has recently been described as “perhaps the central figure in French music in the third quarter of the 19th century.”
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