Eugène Gaujean, “La Vierge au Paradis”, 1897, after Ernest Hébert

Eugène Gaujean (1850–1900)

“La Vierge au Paradis” (The Virgin in Paradise), 1897, after a painting by the French Academic artist, Ernest Hébert (aka Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert) (1817–1908), printed by Paul Moglia (aka Moglia & Cie) (fl.1863–1901) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1^st March, 1897, between pages 180 and 181.

Etching with roulette and drypoint on chine collé on heavy wove paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 27.6 x 17.6 cm; (plate) 23.9 x 15.9 cm; (chine collé) 22.6 x 14.6 cm; (image borderline) 20.5 x 11.4 cm,

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “E. Hébert pinx./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “LA VIERGE AU PARADIS”; (right) “E. Gaujean sculp./ Imp. P. Moglia, Paris”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression. The sheet is in an excellent (near pristine) condition with no tears, holes, abrasions or significant stains and is laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this remarkably fine etching that is (at least to my eyes) breathtaking in the sensitively of its execution, for AU$243 (equivalent to approximately US$154.99, EUR 136.01, or GBP 116.57 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$243).

If you are interested in purchasing this simply stunning etching, exemplifying the use of what may be described as the fifty shades of grey in the rendering of the subtle tones of the background foliage, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Charles Maurin, “Vue de la Rue Caulaincourt”, 1856

Charles Maurin (aka Jean-Baprtiste Joseph Antonin Charles Maurin) (1856–1914)—see a portrait of Charles Maurin by his friend, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: https://archive.org/details/CharlesMaurin-NGA

“Vue de la Rue Caulaincourt” (View of the Rue Caulaincourt, Paris), 1856, pencil signed and numbered etching (impression 44).

Etching with plate tone printed in brown ink on watermarked BFK buff coloured paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 31.3 x 45 cm; (plate with uneven sides) 12/12.5 x 22.9 cm.

See the description of this print offered by the Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/de/node/167050#infos-principales (inv. G.16916).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with generously wide margins. Beyond a few minor marks in the margin the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this pencil-signed and sensitively rendered etching of crepuscular rays of light illuminating what has become “one of the most beautiful streets in Paris” (according to Tripadviser) by an artist who “revolutionized the technique of etching” and, thirty-five years after executing this print, “patented a method of colour printing (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurin), for AU$288 (equivalent to approximately US$183.70, EUR 161.1 or GBP 138.15 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$288).

If you are interested in purchasing this visually engaging etching of light rays spreading over a darkened landscape, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Dirk Stoop, “Stable Scene with Sleeping Dog”, 1651

Dirk Stoop (aka Roderigo Stoop; Rodrigo Stoop; Theodorus Stoop; Thierry Stoop) (1610–c.1686)

“Stable Scene with Sleeping Dog” (TIB title) (aka “The Horseman on the Rearing Horse”; “… un cavalier va au galop vers le fond …”), 1651, the first plate in the series of twelve etchings, “Horses”.

Etching on early laid paper, trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 15.1 x 19.8 cm; (image borderline) 14.4 x 18.9 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (within the image borderline at lower right) “D. Stoop f /1651”; (below the image borderline at lower right) “1”.

State iii (of iv) before the addition of the publication details for Frederick de Wit.

TIB 5.1 (Walter L Strauss [ed.] 1979, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists”, vol. 5, Abaris Books, New York, p.107, cat no. 1); Bartsch IV.95.1; Hollstein (Dutch) 1.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print from the final state (iv): “A rearing horse seen from behind to the left, the horseman carrying a sword, other horses with a stable-hand coming out of a stable at centre, a man pulling his boots and sitting against the stable with his dog to the right, another dog lying in central foreground; from a series of twelve prints showing horses. 1651/ Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-3056  [BM Sheepshanks.3056]).

Condition a strong and well-printed impression with small margins around the image borderline. Beyond surface marks, the sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains and has been laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this marvellous etching that is an early impression printed before the addition of publication details for Frederick de Wit, showing a lively scene featuring a rearing horse and a contentedly scratching dog outside a stable for AU$312 (equivalent to approximately US$199.08, EUR 175.01, or GBP 150 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$312).

If you are interested in purchasing this superb example of how an artist can capture the effect of early morning light bouncing off dust—note in particular how even the shadow areas are filled with light as the soldiers prepare for their day’s duties—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

Edmond Yon, “Bords De La Maine”, c.1880

Edmond Yon (aka Edmond Charles Joseph Yon) (1836–1897)

“Bords De La Maine” (Banks of the Maine), c.1880, a proof-state impression before lettering for publication as plate 13 from the series, “L'Eau Forte en 1880”, published by Alfred Cadart, from a volume of four years of “L'Eau-Forte” (see description of the publication detals offered by the British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1915-0105-15-78 [BM 1915,0105.15.78]).

Etching with drypoint on buff coloured fine laid paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 35 x 49.8 cm; (plate) 23.8 x 31.5 cm; (image borderline) 19.7 x 27 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left corner) “E. Y.”

Inscribed in pencil below the image borderline: (lower right) “E. Yon” (note that I do not know if this inscription is by the artist or a note by a previous collector identifying the artist); there are pencil inscriptions by a previous collector on verso.

Condition: a strong and well printed impression with generously wide margins. There is minor surface dustiness and a few marks in the margins, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition.

I am selling this finely executed and delicately nuanced tonal etching of the forest bordering the River Maine in France for AU$234 (equivalent to approximately US$148.72, EUR 130.80, or GBP 112.54 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$234).

If you are interested in purchasing this superb etching—a print that I would describe as a “printmaker’s print” because there is such subtlety in its execution—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

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietricy, “St. William, The Hermit Saint”, 1760

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietricy (aka Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich) (1712–1774)

“St. William, The Hermit Saint” (aka “Heiliger Wilhelm”; “Paysage, oit l'on voit S. Guillaume” [Le Blanc]), 1760, etching in the manner of Salvator Rosa (1615–1673). See the brief description of this print offered by the Cleveland Museum of Art: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.288.  

Etching on laid paper with a thread margin around the platemark, backed with a support sheet providing wide margins

Size: (sheet) 18.5 x 13.9 cm; (plate) 18.3 x 13.8 cm

Inscribed in plate: (left of centre on upper edge) “63”; (upper right corner) “Dietricy”.

State ii (of iii) before the number (“63”) is effaced in the third state.

Le Blanc (Charles Le Blanc 1856, “Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations: ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet”, vol. 2, Paris, P. Jannet, p. 131, cat. no. 109 state ii); Linck 161 (JF Linck 1846, “Monographie der von C. W. E. Dietrich radierten, geschabten und in Holz geschnittenen malerischen Vorstellungen”, Berlin).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (faultless) impression with a thread margin around the platemark and laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this fascinating image of the French hermit who was beatified in 1202 and died in 1157, Saint William (aka William of Maleval; Guillaume de Malavalle; William the Hermit; William the Great), bound against a rock with his upraised arms tied by the wrists to a tree—possibly as an act of penitence for sins committed in his earlier years in the military?— for AU$296 (equivalent to approximately US$186.27, EUR 171.80, or GBP 143.97 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$296).

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

This print is reserved pending confirmation of its sale