Georges Lopisgich, “Italianate Coastal Landscape”, 1901 (2nd impression)

Georges Lopisgich (also known as Antonio Georges Lopisgich) (1854–1913)

“Italianate Coastal Landscape” (descriptive title only) — a composition possibly inspired by Camille Corot (1796–1875), c.1901. This is a pencil-signed proof impression featuring a remarque image of a twig and flower with the artist’s monogram (located at left-of-centre in the lower margin), along with publication details (at the upper right edge).

Please note that this is the second impression of Lopisgich’s large etching I have showcased. The previous copy (without remarque or publication details) is still available: https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2023/09/georges-lopisgichs-drypoint-italianate.html

Technical Details & Condition:

Drypoint on parchment printed in Paris and published in Paris, London, and New York by Manzi-Joyant (Michel Manzi, Maurice Joyant, and Jean Boussod). This is a richly inked and pencil-signed proof impression with wide margins. The impression features a remarque image of a botanical study, alongside the artist’s monogram.

Aside from the natural unevenness and minor wrinkling associated with sheep skin (parchment), as well as scattered spots in the margin, the large sheet remains in good condition. There are no tears, holes, folds, or significant stains within the image.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 54.5 x 65 cm
• Plate mark: Too soft for accurate measurement
• Image border: 44.1 x 56 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Above the image border at right: “Copyright 1901 by Manzi, Joyant & C^o., Publishers, Successors to Goupil & C^o., Paris, London, New York & Berlin_Printed in Paris”
• Within the image border at lower right: “[Artist’s signature] 1901”
• Below the image border (left of centre, with remarque): “[Artist’s monogram]”

Pencil-signed in the margin at lower right.

Price & Shipping:

AU$332 (approximately US$223.03 / €189.37 / £165.21), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this rare pencil-signed remarque-state drypoint printed on an extraordinarily large sheet of genuine parchment, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to send a PayPal invoice to ensure your purchase is straightforward and secure.

Corot, Grenaud, Michelin, De Bar and Herst, “Poésies Posthumes”, 1863

“Poésies Posthumes” (Posthumous Poems), 1863, a collection of poems by Edmond Roche (1828-1861) published in Paris by Michel Lévy Frères (fl.1836–1891) after Edmond Roche’s death, illustrated with original etchings printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907) and Sarrazin (fl.1850–60s). Archive.org offers and online view of this rare publication: https://archive.org/details/bnf-bpt6k1073360b/page/n11/mode/2up.

The etchings are as follows:

Henri Grenaud (1830–1893), “Fontispiece to Edmond Roche’s ‘Poésies Posthumes’”, 1862. Etching with engraving and pale plate tone on heavy wove paper printed facing the title page by Auguste Delâtre.

Camille Corot (aka Jean Baptiste Camille Corot) (1796–1875), “Ville d’Avray: Boat man on Pond (Evening Effect)”, 1862. Etching with drypoint printed on buff China paper chine collé on heavy wove paper facing page 95. This etching relates to Roche’s poem, “L’étang” (The Pond), dedicated to Corot, beginning: “Nous regardions l’étang d’une eau morne et plombée” (We were gazing at the pond with its bleak and leaden water) (p. 94).

Jules Michelin (1815–1870), “Faggot Carrier and Dog by a Pond” (descriptive title only), 1862–63. Etching with drypoint printed on heavy wove paper facing page 10. This etching relates to Roche’s poem, “Soir Triste” (Sad Evening) dedicated to Michelin, beginning: “Le silence s'étend dans l'atmosphère sourde” (Silence spreads in the dull atmosphere) (p. 11).

Alexandre De Bar (aka Pierre Alexandre de Bar) (1821–1901), “Craggy Islands in a Rough Sea at Sunset” (descriptive title only), 1862. Etching with mezzotint-rocker work printed on heavy wove paper facing page 48.

Auguste Clément Herst (aka Auguste Clément Joseph Herst) (1825–1900), “Winter Landscape” (descriptive title only), 1862. Etching with mezzo-rocker printed on heavy wove paper facing page 121. This etching relates to Roche’s poem, “Hiver” (Winter) dedicated to Herst, beginning: “Le ciel est gris, la terre est blanche” (The sky is grey, the earth is white) (p. 121).

Condition: strong impressions stitched into the hardbound book with tissue guards as published. There is foxing to some pages but the marks are mostly on the tissue guards, otherwise the book is in a good condition with minor signs of handling and no tears or significant stains.

I am selling this exceptionally rare book that is seldom seen on the art market or found intact—sadly most copies are scalped for the etchings, especially the very beautiful etching by Corot—for the total price of AU$1473 (approximately US$967.82, EUR 821.53 or GBP 708.07), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

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

Frédéric Laguillermie, “Le Lac de Némi”, 1873, after Camille Corot

Frédéric Laguillermie (aka Frédéric Auguste Laguillermie) (1841–1934)

“Le Lac de Némi” (Lake Nemi), 1873, etching, plate 136, after Camille Corot’s (aka Jean Baptiste Camille Corot) (1796–1875) painting, “Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi”,1865, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, printed in Paris by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published by the Durand-Ruel Gallery (see IFF 41).

Note that Eugène Louis Pirodon (1824–c.1908) executed a lithograph in the reverse direction to Corot’s painting; see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1889-0608-493.

The Art Institute of Chicago offers the following description of Corot’s painting, Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi”,1865: “This scene is imbued with a sense of quiet and stillness, broken only by the lone female bather pulling herself out of the water by a branch. Although the setting is a real hillside lake he visited in northern Italy, Camille Corot painted the view from memory, having returned to Paris in 1843 from the last of three trips to the region. Thus, rather than presenting an accurate record of the location, the painting is a picturesque souvenir, with the topography transformed as much by the artist’s silvery-gray and deep-green palette as by his fond reminiscences” (https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59002/souvenir-of-the-environs-of-lake-nemi (inv. 1979.1280).

Etching on buff-coloured laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 19.8 x 29.4 cm; (plate [soft]) 12.8 x 16.3 cm; (image borderline) 10.1 x 13.8 cm.

Numbered in plate above the image borderline: (right) “136”.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Corot pinx^t”; (right) “Laguillermie sculp^t”.

IFF 41 (Jacques Lethève & Françoise Gardey 1963, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: KA–LAURENCE”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 12, p. 219, cat. no. 41 [plate 136]; see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488490f/f242).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression (near faultless) with wide margins in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this small and very beautiful etching for the total cost of AU $247 (currently US $154.55/ EUR 148.01/ GBP 124.23 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 $247) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this finely executed translation of Corot’s painting into an intricate web of lines, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Félix Bracquemond, “La Toilette”, 1873, after Corot

Félix Bracquemond (aka Joseph Auguste Félix Bracquemond) (1833–1914)

“La Toilette” (The Bath), 1873, after Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s (1796–1875) painting, “Landscape with Figures” (aka “La Toilette”) (1859) in a private collection (see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corot_-_La_Toilette,_1859.jpg), published with the cover sheet showing this etching (with drypoint) as plate XXXII (32) in “Galerie Durand-Ruel”.

Etching with drypoint printed with pale plate tone on fine cream laid paper with full margins as published along with the original cover sheet.

Size: (sheet) 29.4 x 19.3 cm; (platemark [soft]) 17.9? x 10.3? cm; (image borderline) 15 x 7.7 cm.

Numbered in plate above the image borderline: (right) “32”.

State iii (of iii) as published under number 32 of the Durand-Ruel Gallery (see Beraldi, vol III, p. 108).

IFF 345 (Jean Laren 1942, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 3, pp. 379-80, cat. no. 345, no. 32 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488545z/f388.item]): Beraldi 337.III (Henri Béraldi 1885, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: BRACQUEMOND”, vol. III, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 108, cat. no. 337.III).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “In a wood, at the foot of tall trees, a woman stands, dressing a young woman who has just bathed; both women sit before a small river; both women are engaged with arranging the naked woman's hair; beyond at right, a third woman leaning against a tree, reading; after Corot. 1873/ Etching and drypoint” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1924-1126-84).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (faultless) impression with full margins as published and the original cover sheet. Both sheets are in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, significant stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this superb etching showing Bracquemond’s translation of Corot’s painting into line for AU$248 in total (currently/approximately US$164.79/ EUR152.11/ GBP130.81 at the time of 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$248) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this small but dazzlingly beautiful etching with its original cover sheet in a pristine condition, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.