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The Simoun - Cabanès
Date :
1912
Date uncertain
Type of image :
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
204x269 cm
Storage Location :
LUX 913
FNAC inventory number: Inv. 3453
FNAC inventory number: Inv. 3453
Description
The Simoun (or semoun) is a hot sandy wind sweeping across the desert, found east of the Mediterranean. The sand-laden air takes on reddish hues.
The scene depicted is that of a caravan with its tents and camels stopped by a sandstorm looming on the right. In the foreground, a group of figures sitting behind their bundles for protection, including a woman, her daughter and her husband.
To the right, already overtaken by the storm, a shepherdess attempts to bring two goats back to the caravan.
History :
- Signed at bottom right "Louis Cabanès".
- Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 1912.
Deposited in 1913 at the Musée Massey in Tarbes.
Deposited at the marriage room of the Castelnau-Rivière-Basse town hall in 1960.
Joined the Musée Massey in 2013.
Technical Data
Notice #025637
Image editing :
Photo numérique