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Sunday 15 September 2024

Eugène Gaujean, “L'Apparition”, 1878, after Gustave Moreau

Eugène Gaujean (1850–1900)

“L'Apparition”, 1878, etching after Gustave Moreau’s (18261898) painting in the Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris, showing the decapitated head of the Baptist appearing to Salome, printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “L’Art”, 1878, volume 13.

Etching on laid paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 43.6 x 30 cm; (platemark) 33.4 x 23.3 cm; (image borderline) 29.7 x 20.3 cm.

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1878”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gustave Moreau pinx./ L’Art.”; (centre) “L'APPARITION”; (right) “Gaujean sc./ Imp.A.Salmon.”

Beraldi 2 (Henri Béraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: DORÉ–GAVARD”, vol. 6, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 244, cat. no. 2); IFF 5 (Jean Laren 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 452, cat. no. 5).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1879-0510-120.

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with generously wide margins as published. Beyond a flattened fold in the low left margin, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this visually stunning etching—a true feast of textures and the finest of details—for the total cost of AU$237 (currently US$159.40/EUR143.53/GBP121.15 at the time of posting 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. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$237) as this is my currency.

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

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