Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

Léon Cogniet’s lithograph, “L'Attention (deux jeunes femmes)”, 1828

Léon Cogniet (1794–1880),

“L'Attention (deux jeunes femmes)” (aka “L'Attention (Madame Cogniet et sa fille”), 1828 (c1815–1863 [BM attrib.], plate 488 printed in Paris by Bertauts (fl.1830s–1880) and also published by Bertauts in “Souvenirs d’Artistes”.

Lithograph on chine collé on wove paper with wide margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 31.1 x 45.1 cm; (chine collé) 11.9 x 16.6 cm.

Lettered and numbered above the chine collé: (left) “Souvenirs d’Artistes”; (right) “488”.

Lettered below the chine collé: (left) “L. Cogniet lith./ L’Attention.”; (right) “Imp. Bertauts, Paris.”

Beraldi 10 (Henri Béraldi 1886, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes”, vol. v, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 27, cat. no. 10); IFF 12 (vol. 5, p. 66).

The British Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco offer descriptions of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1863-0725-263; https://art.famsf.org/leon-cogniet/lattention-madame-cogniet-et-sa-fille-19633030446. Note that the BM advises that this print is after Léon Cogniet, but, as the publication details show Cogniet as the lithographer and Bertauts as the printer, I presume the “after” refers to the composition of this lithograph being after a painting by Cogniet. Note that Beraldi (1886) advises: (transl.) “Léon Cogniet's paintings were engraved or lithographed by Delaistre, Jazet, Lane, Marin Lavigne, Midy, Leon Noel, etc. — See also the Galleries of Versailles. Julien lithographed a drawing course by Léon Cogniet” (p. 28).

Condition: a well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins. Beyond thinness where there were mounting supports and a reinforced tear (verso) the sheet is in an excellent condition with no holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing.

I am selling this exceptionally beautiful lithograph study showing what I understand is the artist’s wife and daughter, for the total cost of AU$229 (currently US$159.84/EUR157.37/GBP132.21 at the time of posting this print) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but no (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed lithograph described in Beraldi’s catalogue (1886) as a “petite lithographie très intéressante” (p. 27), 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