Eugène Delâtre, “Winter Landscape”, c1898

Eugène Delâtre (1864–1938) —son of the famous printmaker, publisher and printer, Auguste Delâtre (1822–1907). For those who would like to see more of this artist’s work, there is the marvellous publication that I recommend: “Impressions à Montmartre: Eugène Delâtre & Alfredo Műller” (ISBN-10:  8836626831).

“Winter Landscape” (aka “Paysage d’Hiver”), c1898 (IFF attrib.), a proof state impression before lettering with a remarque of two ducks at lower left and signed twice in the plate (once within the image borderline at lower right and another signature immediately below it outside the image borderline) from a series of eleven large colour etchings before lettering.

Etching with dot-roulette and aquatint printed in brown (Burnt Sienna) coloured ink on heavy buff-coloured BFK Rives wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 71.1 x 45.6 cm; (platemark) 63.3 x 39 cm; (image borderline) 61.5 x 38 cm.

Signed in plate twice: within the image borderline at lower-right; below the image borderline at lower-right.

IFF 9 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1953, “Inventaire du Fonds Français”, vol. 6, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment des Estampes, p. 169, cat. no. 9; see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54891736/f181).

See also the brief description of this print including detail photographs offered by Drouot.com: https://drouot.com/en/l/25614873-eugene-delatre-1864-1938-paisaje-de-invierno-aguafuerte.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression in an excellent (near pristine) condition for its considerable size with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this huge and visually arresting etching for AU$402 in total (currently/approximately US$272.87/ EUR244.25/ GBP206.63 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$402) as this is my currency.

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

Eugène Delâtre’s drypoint, “Route d'Arzon (Morbihan)”, 1927

Eugène Delâtre (1864-1938)

“Route d'Arzon (Morbihan)”, 1927, artist’s proof (inscribed ''Ep d'Artiste''), signed in pencil by the artist.

Based on the pencil inscription (presumably made by the artist), I understand that the portrayed scene is in Morbihan that I understand is in Brittany (northwest of France).

Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper (watermark “Arches”) with small margins and inscribed in pencil with the artist’s signature and annotations.

Size: (sheet) 24 x 28.9 cm; (plate) 17.2 x 26.8 cm; (image) 16.5 x 26.2 cm.

Inscribed in pencil below the platemark: (left) “Ep[reuve] d'Artiste”; (right) [artist’s signature]; (lower edge of sheet at right) “Route d Arzon (Morbihan)”.

Artist’s proof

IFF 21–5 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale”, Paris, Département des Estampes, cat. no. 21-5).

Condition: a strong impression with a few breaks (white spots) in the plate tone and small margins. The sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this exceptionally rare hand-signed artist’s proof (épreuve) of a sensitively executed drypoint showing rural life in Morbihan, Brittany, complete with free-range chickens and very French looking houses, for AU$340 (currently US$244.93/EUR228.37/GBP195.78 at the time of posting this print) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this freely executed drypoint by the printmaker who not only introduced artists like Renoir, Lautrec and Mary Cassatt to the drypoint medium, but also printed Picasso’s illustrations for the first Cubist book (Max Jacob’s “Saint Matorel”), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Note that I have previously listed another very fine drypoint by Eugène Delâtre that is still currently available: https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2018/11/eugene-delatres-drypoint-landscape-with.html.

This print has been sold

Eugène Delâtre's drypoint, “Landscape with a row of trees”, c1920

Eugène Delâtre (1864–1938)

“Landscape with a row of trees” (descriptive title only, with the “true” title inscribed indescipherablly in pencil at lower left edge), c1920 (date of attribution is based on a stylistically similar drypoint by Delâtre listed online at oldmasters.com: http://www.oldmasterprint.com/delatre1.htm), signed in pencil by the artist and numbered “7” in an edition of fifty.

Drypoint with light plate tone marking the image borderline on laid paper, pencil signed and numbered by the artist, and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 28.3 x 37.7 cm; (plate) 23 x 25 cm; (image borderline) 21.6 x 23.7 cm

Inscribed with the artist’s signature on plate at lower right corner.

Inscribed with the artist’s signature in pencil below the image borderline at lower right.

Numbered in pencil below the image borderline at lower left: “7/50”

Inscribed in pencil along the lower edge with what is probably the title of the print.

Condition: richly inked impression with strong drypoint showing no sign of wear, signed in the plate and in pencil and numbered by the artist. The sheet is in excellent condition (i.e. there are no tears, folds, holes, abrasions, stains or foxing) and laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this magnificently executed drypoint, exemplifying how confident strokes laid freely with minimal detail can capture the effect of strong light, for AU$340 (currently US$248.14/EUR218.61/GBP191.09 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing this intimately/sensually observed landscape by one of the major French printmakers at the close of the 19th century, 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

Eugène Delâtre's etching, “Rue des Saules”, c1880–90

Eugène Delâtre (1864–1938)

“Rue des Saules”, c1880–90

Etching on cream laid paper, pencil signed by the artist, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 20.8 x 15.1 cm; (plate) 12.5 x 8.5 cm

Inscribed on the plate at lower left corner: “Rue des Saules”.

Signed in pencil at lower right below the platemark.

The Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam) offers a brief description of this print:

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/prints/collection/p0945S1998?v=1

Condition: crisp, near faultless impression in museum quality/excellent condition, signed by the artist. The sheet is laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this poetically charged etching of a street view in Montmartre (Paris) by one of the key artists in the revival of colour etching at the close of the 19^th century for AU$214 (currently US$155.79/EUR137.42/GBP119.73 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing delicately subtle rendering of a Parisienne cobble-stone street, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.