Charles Waltner’s drypoint, “Une Liseuse”, 1899

Charles Waltner (aka Charles Albert Waltner) (1846–1925)

“Une Liseuse” (The Reader) (MAH title) (aka “Lezende Dame in Chaise Longue in een Interieur” [Rijksmuseum title]; “Lady Reading on a Chaise Longue”), 1899 (date as inscribed on this impression by the artist), artist’s proof on parchment with remarque below the image at left, hand-signed and dated in ink by the artist before lettering, printing and publication by the Société des Amis de l'Eau-forte (1897–c.1930).

Etching (soft-ground?) and drypoint on parchment with a remarque, hand-signed and dated in ink.

Size: (sheet) 39.5 x 47.2 cm; (plate) 33.4 x 41.5 cm; (image borderline) 29.7 x 41 cm.

Signed and dated in ink below the image borderline at lower right: “Waltner 1899”.

State i (of ii) a lifetime proof-state impression before lettering for publication.

See the descriptions of this print offered by the Musée d'art et d'histoire and the Rijksmuseum: https://www.mahmah.ch/collection/oeuvres/une-liseuse/e-2019-1403-001; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.193328.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with wide margins. There are marks in the margins, ripples and general darkening with dots of oxidation; otherwise, there are no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this large and magnificently rich impression that is a hand-signed artist’s proof by one of the major reproductive etchers of the nineteenth century and executed with the subtlest of touches, for the total cost of AU$335 (currently US$223.91/EUR202.60/GBP178.34 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

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