Hector Allemand, “Ruisselet sous Bois”, 1853

Hector Allemand (aka Louis Hector François Allemand) (1809–1886)

“Ruisselet sous Bois” (Stream under the Woods), 1853.

Etching on laid paper, trimmed along the platemark and laid upon a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 17.7 x 16.1 cm

Inscribed in plate in the reverse direction: (lower right corner) “H. Allemand 1853. gravé sur nature”.

P., B. 80 (Paul Prouté & Colette E. Bidon 1977, “Nouvelles de l'Estampe No. 33:  Louis-Hector Allemand”, p. 21, cat. no. 80).

As advised in the preface to Paul Prouté and Colette E. Bidon’s 1977 catalogue of Allemand’s prints, the works of Allemand are quite difficult to find as most of his prints were made for friends. Interestingly, this print is inscribed (in the reverse direction) that it was executed in situ within the landscape (“gravé sur nature”).

Condition: a strong and well-printed, faultless impression trimmed along the platemark and laid upon a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this freely executed etching of great rarity, for AU$274 (equivalent to approximately US$175.49, EUR 157.16, or GBP 132.11 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$274).

If you are interested in purchasing this somewhat joyous etching revealing (at least to my eyes) the artist’s pleasure with being in the landscape despite a decline in his eyesight—a decline that had become noticeable three years earlier—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Léopold Flameng, “Étude”, 1903

Léopold Flameng (aka Léopold Joseph Flameng) (1831–1911)

“Étude” (Study), 1903, printed by Charles Wittmann (1876–1953) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Revue de l’Art ancient et moderne”, p. 460.

Etching with plate tone on buff coloured laid paper (“CH WITTMANN” watermark) with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 29.3 x 21.7 cm; (plate) 25 x 18.8 cm; (image borderline) 19.6 x 14.7 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Revue de l’Art ancient et moderne”; (centre) “L. Flameng inc. & sc./ Étude”; (right) “Imp. Ch. Wittmann”.

IFF 308 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Doré–Folk””, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 7, p. 589, cat. no. 308 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489211f/f601]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed, faultless impression with full margins as published. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this absolutely glorious etched study of a seated lady epitomising the fashion and spirit of La Belle Époque, for AU$276 (equivalent to approximately US$176.78, EUR 158.30, or GBP 133.07 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$276).

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

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.

Bronislaw Zaleski, “Partie du Colysée à Rome”, 1864

Bronislaw Zaleski (aka Bronislas Zaleski) (1819–1880)

“Partie du Colysée à Rome” (Part of the Colosseum in Rome), 1864, plate 119 from the second volume of prints produced by the Société des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers) in 1864, “Eaux-Fortes Modernes: Originales et Inédites” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1864-1008-270), printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907) and published in Paris by Cadart & Luquet (fl.1863–1867).

Etching on heavy laid paper (with the watermark of the Société des Aquafortistes) with wide margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 41.4 x 29.4 cm; (plate) 29.1 x 21.8 cm; (image borderline) 27.8 x 19 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower left corner) “ROMA. 1864/ Br. Zaleski”.

Numbered and lettered in plate outside the image borderline: (upper right corner) “119.”; (lower left) “Saleski sculp./ Paris, Publié par CADART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79, Roue Richelieu.”; (lower centre) “PARTIE DU COLYSÉE À ROME.”; (lower right) “Imp. Delâtre, Rue S^t. Jacques, 303; Paris.”

The British Museum offers a description of this print (not reproduced): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1864-1008-331.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins. There is a printer’s crease/fold in the margin at lower left, otherwise, the print is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this boldly dramatic view of a passageway within Colosseum that has become skylit with the collapse of a section of the roof, for AU$288 (equivalent to approximately US$185.05, EUR 165.30, or GBP 139.47 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$288).

If you are interested in purchasing this visually arresting etching of the Colosseum clearly following in the footsteps of the great Giovanni Battista Piranesi, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jean-Alexis Achard, “Lisière de Bois”, 1867

Jean-Alexis Achard (1807–1884)

“Lisière de Bois” (Edge of the Woods), 1867, a pencil-signed proof before lettering with publication details. See the description of this print offered by the JL Lacroix Museum (Grenoble): https://www.navigart.fr/grenoble/artwork/jean-alexis-achard-lisiere-de-bois-60000000010531 (inv. no. Inv.: MG 2005-0-44). Note that the JL Lacroix Museum also holds a related drawing by Achard,”Arbres, taillis et roche noire”, showing the same rock represented in this etching: https://www.navigart.fr/grenoble/artwork/jean-alexis-achard-arbres-taillis-et-roche-noire-60000000005909.

Etching with light plate tone on chine collé on heavy wove paper with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 27.8 x 39.1 cm; (plate) 14.8 x 18.8 cm; (chine collé) 12.5 x 18 cm; (image borderline) 14.6 x 16.6 cm.

Pencil signed below the image borderline: (right) “J. Achard”.

Condition: a superb impression with generously wide margins in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses or stains.

I am selling this rare pencil-signed impression before lettering for publication, of a finely executed and very beautiful etching showing a section of forest in the Dauphiné region of south-eastern France, for AU$278 (equivalent to approximately US$180.06, EUR 160.92, or GBP 135.37 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$278).

If you are interested in purchasing this stunningly beautiful etching capturing in a very believable way the midday light shimmering on trees by an artist who was friends with Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and many of the other artists connected with the Barbizon School, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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