Charles Courtry, “Cossack Horses in Snowy Weather”, 1868, after Aldolf Schreyer

Charles Courtry (also known as Charles Jean Louis Courtry) (1846–1897)

“Cossack Horses in Snowy Weather” (also known as “Chevaux Cosaques par un Temps de Neige” and “Cossack Horses Resting after a Hard March through the Snow”), 1868

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on wove paper, trimmed slightly within the platemark. The sheet has been professionally laid upon a backing sheet of archival-quality washi paper to provide structural support and a clean false margin for conservation presentation.

This is a rare first state (of two) proof impression before lettering for publication in around 1882 in the Spanish magazine “La Ilustración Artística”. The impression is strong, crisp and evenly printed—almost faultless. The composition is based on a painting by the 19th-century German artist Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899). Although Schreyer’s original canvas is unrecorded online, a closely related winter work by the artist—depicting a huddling team of horses hitched to a wagon beside thatched farm structures during a heavy blizzard—is available to view digitally via The Walters Art Museum: https://art.thewalters.org/object/37.88/.

Aside from a faint closed tear in the margin (almost invisible) the sheet remains in an excellent condition with holes, folds, or stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 17.6 x 24.2 cm
• Image borderline: 12.1 x 19.5 cm

Catalogue Reference:

• IFF 8 (Jean Adhémar, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Cidoine–Daumier”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 5, 1949, p. 273, cat. no. 8 — Available via Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488526m/f285.image

Price & Shipping:

 AU$213 (approximately US$149.42 / €132.98 / £111.46), inclusive of worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this superb and rare proof-state etching before lettering for publication, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Charles Courtry, “L'Ecureuse”, 1876, after Jean Siméon Chardin

Charles Courtry (aka Charles Jean Louis Courtry) (1846–1897)

“L'Ecureuse” (aka “The Scullery Maid”; “The Cookmaid”), 1876, after Jean Siméon Chardin’s (aka Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin) (1699–1779) painting, “The Scullery Maid”, c.1738 (see https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.110960.html), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts” (1st March, 1876) between pages 430 and 431.

Etching on fine laid paper with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 20.5 x 16.2 cm; (plate, soft impression) 16.8 x 13.4 cm; (image borderline) 13.3 x 11 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “CHARDIN PINX./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “L'ECUREUSE.”; (right) “CH. COURTRY SCULP./ Imp. A. Salmon, Paris.”

IFF 72 (Jean Adhémar 1949, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Cidoine–Daumier”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 5, p. 280, cat. no. 72 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488526m/f292.image]).

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

I am selling this finely executed etching after Jean Siméon Chardin’s famous painting, for AU$207 (equivalent to approximately US$132.68, EUR 116.95, or GBP 99.81 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$207).

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

Charles Courtry, “Landscape with Two Cows and a Calf”, 1875, after Emile van Marcke de Lummen

Charles Courtry (aka Charles Jean Louis Courtry) (1846–1897)

“Landscape with Two Cows and a Calf”, 1875, a proof-state impression before the completion of the tonal rendering (see  https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1881-1112-141) and lettering for publication by Goupil (fl.1827–1919), signed in pencil by Charles Courtry after Emile van Marcke de Lummen’s (1827–1890) painting.

Note that the British Museum proposes the title, “Le Gué de Mouthiers” [The Mouthiers Ford]) (see inv. no. 1881,1112.141) following Henri Béraldi’s (1889) title of catalogue number 28 (vol. 5, p. 63), but Jean Adhémar (1949) (see IFF, number 101, vol. 5, p. 283) advises that the date of the print is 1880. This date of 1880 is different to the date, “[18]75”, inscribed in the plate. Consequently, this title may refer to a different print.

Etching with plate tone on laid paper, pencil-signed, proof-state impression with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 44.4 x 58.9 cm; (platemark) 35.6 x 47.9 cm; (image borderline) 28.4 x 40.1 cm.

Inscribed (scratch lettering) in plate below the image borderline: (left) “EM. VAN MARCKE PINX”; (right) “CH. COURTRY SC 75” Impression signed by Courtry, in pencil.

Pencil signed by Charles Courtry at lower right.

Beraldi 28(?) (Henri Béraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: CHERRIER–DIEN”, vol. 5, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 63, cat. no. 28; see https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e05berauoft/page/62/mode/2up): IFF 110 (?) (Jean Adhémar 1949, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: CIDOINE–DAUMIER”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 5, p. 283, cat. no. 110 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488526m/f295.image]).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print (from a later state): “Landscape with two cows and a calf in the foreground, beyond a country woman opening a gate (?) and in the background, on the opposite bank of a stream, more cows, after Van Marcke; proof before letter, signed by printmaker. 1875 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1881-1112-141).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this exceptionally rare, pencil-signed proof-state etching—for the total cost of AU $310 (currently US $195.72/ EUR 186.52/ GBP 156.76 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 $310) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this huge and dazzlingly luminous proof-state etching before it was completely re-etched with the final state of tonal rendering, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Charles Courtry, “Forest with Cows near a Stream”, c.1870, after Paul Huet

Charles Courtry (aka Charles Jean Louis Courtry) (1846–1897)

“Forest with Cows near a Stream” (descriptive title only), c.1870, etching after a painting by Paul Huet (1803–1869).

Etching on laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 17 x 21.2cm; (plate) 12.7 x 17.2cm; (image borderline) 9.5 x 14.7cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline (left) “PAUL HUET PINX”; (right) “CH. COURTRY. Sc”.

Beraldi 82–201 (Henri Béraldi 1886, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: CHERRIER–DIEN”, vol. 5, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 66 [mentioned with Huet’s name, but without catalogue number, in a diverse group of prints reproducing old and modern paintings in catalogues published by “Durand-Ruel, Francis Petit, Haro, Sedelmeyer, etc.], cat. nos. 82–201).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression laid upon a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this small and insightfully executed etching that not only captures the sparkling effects of  light on foliage, but also explores the open spaces between trees as a flow of rhythms represented with curved aligned strokes as if the spaces were chiselled—from my way of looking, this interest in light and space pre-empts the Impressionists’ fascination with the effects of light and how to portray the intangible optical experience—for AU$192 in total (currently US$123.58/ EUR117.40/ GBP97.23 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$192) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this marvellous etching that I would describe as a true printer’s print because it is so interesting in all its subtleties, 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