Little Shelter (Le petit hangar) - [Etching & Drypoint] by Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Orig. colour lithograph, printed by Eugène Verneau, on wove paper, with Auriol's monogram in the left lower corner, verso blank. 208 x 153mm (image), margins all around. The full sheet, as supplementary published in the magazine "Art et Décoration" (Paris, 1901). A fine copy. - Leroy-Crevecoeur 14. - This lithograph is reproduced on the cover of Armond Fields's book "George Auriol" (Gibbs M. Smith, 1985).

Etching and dry-point, signed in the plate and dated 1876. 121 x 81mm (image). A fine impression on Van Gelder paper with large margins, 400 x 300mm. Sheet very lightly and evenly darkened by age, but good condition. This is not a published etching; only a few proofs. - Delchevalerie no. 21; Liège 1981, Adrien de Witte, no. 126. - "A partir de 1875... commence une magistrale série d'eaux-fortes. (…) Adrien de Witte fait prendre à la gravure liégeoise un tournant décisif. Libérant la gravure de son rôle de reproduction, il la traite pour elle-même, faisant œuvre originale. Les sujets sont puisés dans la vie quotidienne." (Françoise Clercx-Léonard-Etienne, Adrien de Witte, Liège, 1981, p. 29-30).

Orig. lithograph; 352 x 262mm (image); sheet: 530 x 342mm. A good impression by Engelmann on chine-appliqué. The full sheet, blank verso, being plate 402 from Baron Taylor's Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, which was published in parts, 1820 to 1878. - There's a subtle suggestion of foxing in a couple of spots in the margins, but overall very good condition. - Aglaus Bouvenne, Cat. de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié de R.P. Bonington, Paris 1873, p. 16. - We all know that Bonington was an outstanding painter, watercolorist and draughtsman, but he also contributed considerably to the patrimony of early artistic lithography. Bonington was passionate about this new medium, and in spite of his short career - he died one month shy of his 26th anniversary - left us over sixty lithographs. La rue du Gros Horloge à Rouen (also from Baron Taylor's Voyages, and also printed by Engelmann), is often regarded as his lithographic masterpiece. The print here offered is perhaps somewhat… Read More

Orig. lithograph; 150 x 234mm (image); sheet: 227 x 305mm. Plate 13 from the series Croquis par divers Artistes, published by Rittner and Ostervald aîné (Paris), and Ch. Tilt (London), 1830-1831. Printed on wove paper by Lemercier. - Very mild foxing, mostly visible at the verso in the middle; traces of old mounting at the top of the verso. - Hédiard 15, second state; Curtis 12; Miquel 1690. - "Une des plus jolies est le n° 15, où se trouvent une vieille lanterne pendue à un clou, et au-dessous un baquet et une manne de raies. Sur ses poissons, quelques coups de grattoir, entamant la pierre profondément, ont donné des reliefs de blanc à rendre jaloux nos modernes faiseurs de gravures modelées." Germain Hédiard: Eugène Isabey. Etude suivie du Catalogue de son Œuvre, posthumously published by Delteil, Paris 1906.

Eau-forte orig. et pointe sèche sur chine collé, sur vergé. Signé et daté 1866 en haut dans la plaque. Image: 127 x 211mm / la feuille: 175 x 265mm. Très belle impression par Auguste Delâtre, et publiée par la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris. - Très bon état pour ce petit chef-d'oeuvre de la gravure française au 19ième siècle. - Jennings 18; Curtis & Prouté 21; état ii/ii. - Etching and dry-point on chine collé, and laid down on thin laid paper. A quite good text about the engraved work of this artist can be found in the catalogue of the Appian exhibit, shown at the Musée de Brou, 1997.

Orig. colour lithograph, printed by Eugène Verneau, on wove paper, with Auriol's monogram in the left lower corner, verso blank. 208 x 153mm (image), margins all around. The full sheet, as supplementary published in the magazine "Art et Décoration" (Paris, 1901). A fine copy. - Leroy-Crevecoeur 14. - This lithograph is reproduced on the cover of Armond Fields's book "George Auriol" (Gibbs M. Smith, 1985).

Etching and dry-point, signed in the plate and dated 1876. 121 x 81mm (image). A fine impression on Van Gelder paper with large margins, 400 x 300mm. Sheet very lightly and evenly darkened by age, but good condition. This is not a published etching; only a few proofs. - Delchevalerie no. 21; Liège 1981, Adrien de Witte, no. 126. - "A partir de 1875... commence une magistrale série d'eaux-fortes. (…) Adrien de Witte fait prendre à la gravure liégeoise un tournant décisif. Libérant la gravure de son rôle de reproduction, il la traite pour elle-même, faisant œuvre originale. Les sujets sont puisés dans la vie quotidienne." (Françoise Clercx-Léonard-Etienne, Adrien de Witte, Liège, 1981, p. 29-30).

Orig. lithograph; 352 x 262mm (image); sheet: 530 x 342mm. A good impression by Engelmann on chine-appliqué. The full sheet, blank verso, being plate 402 from Baron Taylor's Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, which was published in parts, 1820 to 1878. - There's a subtle suggestion of foxing in a couple of spots in the margins, but overall very good condition. - Aglaus Bouvenne, Cat. de l'œuvre gravé et lithographié de R.P. Bonington, Paris 1873, p. 16. - We all know that Bonington was an outstanding painter, watercolorist and draughtsman, but he also contributed considerably to the patrimony of early artistic lithography. Bonington was passionate about this new medium, and in spite of his short career - he died one month shy of his 26th anniversary - left us over sixty lithographs. La rue du Gros Horloge à Rouen (also from Baron Taylor's Voyages, and also printed by Engelmann), is often regarded as his lithographic masterpiece. The print here offered is perhaps somewhat… Read More

Orig. lithograph; 150 x 234mm (image); sheet: 227 x 305mm. Plate 13 from the series Croquis par divers Artistes, published by Rittner and Ostervald aîné (Paris), and Ch. Tilt (London), 1830-1831. Printed on wove paper by Lemercier. - Very mild foxing, mostly visible at the verso in the middle; traces of old mounting at the top of the verso. - Hédiard 15, second state; Curtis 12; Miquel 1690. - "Une des plus jolies est le n° 15, où se trouvent une vieille lanterne pendue à un clou, et au-dessous un baquet et une manne de raies. Sur ses poissons, quelques coups de grattoir, entamant la pierre profondément, ont donné des reliefs de blanc à rendre jaloux nos modernes faiseurs de gravures modelées." Germain Hédiard: Eugène Isabey. Etude suivie du Catalogue de son Œuvre, posthumously published by Delteil, Paris 1906.

Eau-forte orig. et pointe sèche sur chine collé, sur vergé. Signé et daté 1866 en haut dans la plaque. Image: 127 x 211mm / la feuille: 175 x 265mm. Très belle impression par Auguste Delâtre, et publiée par la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris. - Très bon état pour ce petit chef-d'oeuvre de la gravure française au 19ième siècle. - Jennings 18; Curtis & Prouté 21; état ii/ii. - Etching and dry-point on chine collé, and laid down on thin laid paper. A quite good text about the engraved work of this artist can be found in the catalogue of the Appian exhibit, shown at the Musée de Brou, 1997.