Gustave Greux, “Fleurs et Fruits”, 1873, after Jan van Huysum

Gustave Greux (aka Gustave Marie Greux) (1838–1919)

“Fleurs et Fruits” (Flowers and Fruit), 1873, after Jan van Huysum’s (1682–1749) 1735 painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_van_Huysum_002.jpg), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1st March, 1873, between pages 266 and 267.

Etching and drypoint on buff laid paper with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 21.9 x 16.3 cm; (plate) 18.4 x 14.8 cm; (image borderline) 16.3 x 13.3 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “JAN VAN HUYSUM PINX./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “FLEURS ET FRUITS”; (right) “GREUX SC./ Imp. A. Salmon, Paris.”

Beraldi (not numbered but listed with Greux’s prints from 1872–73) (Henri Béraldi 1888, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: GAVARNI–GUÉRARD”, vol. 7, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p.230, see “Estampes Diverses” for 1872–73); IFF 4–2 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1960, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: GAVARRET–GUILLARD”, vol. 9, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, p. 375, cat. no. 4–2 [see: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54892064/f387]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains, trimmed with a small margin and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper.

I am selling this superbly rich impression of Greux’s etching after Jan van Huysum’s flower-piece with fruit and insects—often included in such arrangement to project the notion of transience (vanitas)—for the total cost of AU$207 (approximately US$136.01, EUR 115.41 or GBP 99.16), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed and exceptionally beautiful etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold