Gaston Jean Coindre, “Interior of the Glacier”, 1874

Gaston Jean Coindre (1844–1914)

“Interior of the Glacier” (title based on a pencil inscription on the lower edge of the sheet by a previous collector), 1874.

I am mindful that Coindre made numerous etchings of scenes in the Jura Mountains (eastern France) and this may be the location of the portrayed ice cave, but I understand that glaciers are no longer in this region and that they had virtually disappeared when this print was made.

Etching with dot roulette on laid paper (“FRERES” watermark) with wide margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 36 x 26.5 cm; (plate) 26.5 c 18.7 cm; (image borderline) 24.9 x 17.3 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower left corner) “G COINDRE 74”.

For the IFF catalogue of works by Gaston Jean Coindre see: Jean Adhémar 1949, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Cidone–Daumier”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 5, pp. 71–72 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488526m/f83).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with wide margins in a near pristine condition with the title inscribed in pencil by an earlier collector.

I am selling this unusual, graphically inventive and very beautiful etching for AU$202 (approximately US$129.96, EUR 114.50, or GBP 96.59), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

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

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