Albert Paul Guilmet’s etching, “Man Smoking a Pipe at a Window”, c.1873–76

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879–1922)

“Man Smoking a Pipe at a Window”, c.1873–76, plate 45, printed in Paris by Albert Marie Jérôme Quantin (1850–1930), possibly as a supplement to the art revue “Paris à l'Eau-Forte” (1873-76) (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_%C3%A0_l%27eau-forte#Annexes).

Etching on fine cream laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 18.5 x 25.5 cm; (plate) 10.8 x 14.5 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left) “45”; (upper left within window frame) “A Guilmet”; (below window frame) “Imp A Quantin”. Note that there are other inscriptions within the image, such as within the billowing smoke near the pipe and on the figure’s coat at right, but I am unable to decipher what is written.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with wide margins in an excellent condition with no tears, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this curiously interesting etching showing a figure smoking his pipe at a window—to my eyes this print references Adriaen van Ostade’s prints of figures at windows, for example, “The Smoker at the Window”, 1667? (https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/6724.26/)—for the total cost of AU$223 (currently US$145.62/EUR135.17/GBP115.32 at the time of this listing) 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 creatively inventive etching—note how the smoker’s right arm supporting the pipe is shown projecting far past the window frame and how the smoke billowing from the pipe to the left is pictorially echoed by the ivy vine spreading to the right—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Albert Paul Guilmet’s etching, “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette”, after Renoir

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879–1922)

“Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette” (aka “Bal du moulin de la Galette”), c1880, after Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s (1841-1919) famous painting executed in 1876, collection of the Musée d'Orsay, printed by Albert Marie Jérôme Quantin (1850–1930) in Paris. I have not been able to locate the publication in which this etching features.

Etching on cream laid paper with flattened creases of the publication gatefold and full margins backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 28 x 37.5 cm; (plate [very light]) 21.2 x 25.2 cm; (image borderline) 17.9 x 23.2 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Renoir del./ Imp. A. Quantin”; (right) Guilmet sc.”

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with flattened publication gatefold creases laid upon a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. There is thinning to the paper along the flattened gatefold crease in the right margin, otherwise the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this fascinating and well-executed translation of Renoir’s famous painting into etched line—note in particular Guilmet’s interpretative approach to reproducing Renoir’s loose brushwork representing the sheen of the dress worn by the young lady dancing with her beau on the left and the curiously interesting “loss” of the little girl in the lower left (amongst many other "losses")—for the total cost of AU$234 (currently US$172.26/EUR146.16/GBP124.96 at the time of this listing) 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 rarely seen etching—it is so rare that I have been unable to locate a copy of this print in any of the major repositories!—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