Jean François Raffaelli, “La Gare du Champ-de-Mars”, 1909

Jean François Raffaelli (1850–1924)

“La Gare du Champ-de-Mars” (The Champ de Mars Train Station), 1909, printed by Charles Wittmann (1876–1953) possibly as a proof-state impression before the addition of colour, signed by the artist’s hand in pencil—note that the artist often signed his work with his initials (see BnF comment on his signature: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12208064z), but I see what may be an irregularity in the cross-stroke of the “J” and other discrepancies (compare with https://archive.org/details/jeanfrancoisraff00alex_0/page/198/mode/1up and https://archive.org/details/jeanfrancoisraff00alex_0/page/75/mode/1up).

Drypoint etching with aquatint on fine wove paper with pencil annotations in the lower margin.

Size: (sheet) 28.1 x 19.2 cm; (plate) 20 x 13.9 cm; (image borderline) 19.2 x 13 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower left) “JF RAFFAELI”; (lower right) “Imp. Ch. Wittmann”.

Pencil annotations bellow the image borderline: (centre) “La gare”; (right) “J^.F.R-/ b.[ …?].”

State ii (of iii) before the reduction in the size of the plate (removing the details of the printer).

Delteil 90 (Loys Delteil, “Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré: Rafaëlli”, vol. XVI, cat. no. 90)

Condition: a well-printed impression with wide margins. Beyond faint mottling, the sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this sensitively inscribed drypoint (possibly with the artist’s pencil signature?) showing the complex of railway tracks at the beginning of the twentieth century leading to the Eiffel Tower/Champ de Mars train station in Paris, for AU$298 (equivalent to approximately US$191.47, EUR 170.95, or GBP 143.84 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, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$298).

If you are interested in purchasing this subtlety executed and interesting drypoint by one of the leading exponents of colour printing at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.