Magnificent oversized 8.75 x 12.75 cabinet card–style bust portrait of Zola wearing his pince-nez glasses, prominently signed and inscribed at the bottom of the image in black ink, “a madame Paul Alexis, en hommage et en souvenir de bonne affections, Emile Zola.” Published by Eugene Pirou of Paris circa 1895. In very good condition, with a significant diagonal crack passing to the left of the signature but affecting the inscription, several less noticeable cracks and surface wrinkles, and scattered spotting. Paul Alexis was the close friend and biographer of Zola, and Cezanne painted a portrait of them together in 1869–70. An exceedingly rare oversized format for this period, with an excellent personal association. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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