Rodolphe Piguet’s drypoint, “Young Woman with Muff”, 1885

Rodolphe Piguet (aka Rodolphe Piquet) (1840-1915)

“Young Woman with Muff” (aka “A Parisian Woman”; “Femme au Manchon”; “Jeune Femme au Chapeau et au Manchon”), 1885, a remarque-proof impression signed and dated in the plate before lettering for publication and printing by Charles Chardon in “L’Art” in Paris.

Drypoint with pale plate tone on buff laid (Imperial Japan) paper with a floral bouquet remarque at lower left.

Size: (sheet) 36.6 x 27.4 cm; (plate) 34.4 x 24.7 cm; (image borderline) 31.5 x 22 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower right corner) “R Piguet/ 1885”.

See the descriptions of this print offered by Proantic and at Museum of Art and History (MAH), City of Geneva: https://www.proantic.com/display.php?id=517085; https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/oeuvre/une-parisienne/e-2020-0193.  

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with small margins around the platemark. Beyond toning at the upper margin edge, the sheet is in a an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, significant stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this exceptionally beautiful portrait by an artist who is justifiably famous for his sensitivity and technical brilliance in handling the drypoint point needle, for a total cost of AU$257 (currently US$286.07/EUR186.05/GBP137.37 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. 

If you are interested in purchasing this portrait of a young Parisian woman fashionably dressed in the spirit of the Belle Époque as perceived by a Swiss artist (arguably) influenced by the sprit of Impressionism, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.