Eugène Gaujean, “Orphée”, 1877, after Gustave Moreau

Eugène Gaujean (1850–1900)

“Orphée”, 1877, etching after Gustave Moreau’s (1826–1898) painting, “Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus on his Lyre”, 1865, in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_of_Orpheus.jpg). Proof impression before lettering with details showing Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) as the printer and publication in Paris in the art periodical, “L'Art” (volume II, 1877).

Etching on heavy wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 32.8 x 22.4 cm; (platemark) 27.6 x 17.9 cm; (image borderline) 24.3 x 15.4 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower-left corner) “1865 Gustave Moreau”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gustave Moreau pinx./ L’Art.”; (centre) “ORPHÉE/ Musée du Luxembourg)”; (right) “Gaujean sc.”

Beraldi 3 (Henri Béraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: DORÉ–GAVARD”, vol. 6, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 244, cat. no. 3); IFF 5 (Jean Laren 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 452, cat. no. 5 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489221t/f464).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1878-0511-361 (BM inv. no. 1878,0511.361).

Condition: a strong and faultless impression in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this visually stunning etching—a true feast of textures and the finest of details— for AU$239 (approximately US$155.23, EUR 136.21 or GBP 114.74), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful etching showing a young woman on the shore of Lesbos carrying the severed head of Orpheus—the legendary poet and charmer of fierce beasts—on his lyre after meeting a grisly death “at the hands of Thracian Mænads” (see https://victorianweb.org/decadence/painting/moreau/10.html), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Eugène Gaujean, “L'Apparition”, 1878, after Gustave Moreau

Eugène Gaujean (1850–1900)

“L'Apparition”, 1878, etching after Gustave Moreau’s (1826–1898) painting in the Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris, showing the decapitated head of the Baptist appearing to Salome, printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “L’Art”, 1878, volume 13.

Etching on laid paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 43.6 x 30 cm; (platemark) 33.4 x 23.3 cm; (image borderline) 29.7 x 20.3 cm.

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1878”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gustave Moreau pinx./ L’Art.”; (centre) “L'APPARITION”; (right) “Gaujean sc./ Imp.A.Salmon.”

Beraldi 2 (Henri Béraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: DORÉ–GAVARD”, vol. 6, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 244, cat. no. 2); IFF 5 (Jean Laren 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 8, p. 452, cat. no. 5).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1879-0510-120.

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression with generously wide margins as published. Beyond a flattened fold in the low left margin, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this visually stunning etching—a true feast of textures and the finest of details—for the total cost of AU$237 (currently US$159.40/EUR143.53/GBP121.15 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$237) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this arresting and marvellous etching, 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 Patricot’s engraving, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, c1899, after Gustave Moreau

Jean Patricot (aka François Auguste Jean Patricot) (1865–1928)

“Le Jeune Homme et La Mort” (aka “A la Memoire de Theodore” [as inscribed below the cupid’s hand at lower right}), c1899, after Gustave Moreau’s (1826–1898) painting, “The Young Man and Death”, 1856–1865, in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums (see: https://hvrd.art/o/230409), printed by Ch. Wittmann (fl. 1891–1907) and published in Paris, in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux Arts”, in 1900, as illustration (facing p. 54) to Ary Renan’s article, “Gustave Moreau” (see https://archive.org/details/bnf-bpt6k6355961n/page/n72/mode/2up).

Engraving on cream wove paper, trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 26.6 x 15.9 cm; (image borderline) 23.2 x 13.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gustave Morceau pinx^t./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts”; (centre) “LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT”/ (appartenant à M.^r Albert Cahen d’Anvers)”; (right) “J. Patricot sc./ Imp. Ch. Wittmann”.

Condition: a very strong and well-printed impression with small margins around the image borderline and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing.

I am selling this magnificent engraving for the total cost of AU$233 (currently US$177.31/EUR161.56/GBP135.12 at the time of posting 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 amazing engraving that is so finely treated that the delicately engraved strokes need magnification to see them, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jean Patricot’s engraving, “Médée et Jason”, c1899, after Gustave Moreau

Jean Patricot (aka François Auguste Jean Patricot) (1865–1928)

“Médée et Jason”, c1899, after Gustave Moreau’s (1826–1898) painting, “Jason and Medea”, 1865, in the Musée d'Orsay (inv. no. RF 2780), printed by Ch. Wittmann (fl. 1891–1907) and published in Paris, in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux Arts”, in 1899, inserted between pages 8 and 9 (see https://archive.org/details/gazettedesbeauxa321umass/page/8/mode/2up).

The New York Public Library Digital Collections offers the following description of the scene portrayed:

“Jason has just slain the eagle-headed dragon that guards the Golden Fleece. Behind him Medea holds an alabaster jar containing the magic potion with which she put the dragon to sleep. At left is a column topped by a sphinx on which the Fleece is hung” (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-19e1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99).

Engraving on cream wove paper, trimmed around the platemark with a small margin at right and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 26.8 x 17.9 cm; (image borderline) 23.3 x 13 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gustave Morceau pinx^t./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “MÉDÉE ET JASON”; (right) “Jean Patricot sculp^t./ Imp. Ch. Wittmann”.

The French Symbolist painter, Ary Renan (aka  Cornelius Ary Renan) (1857–1900), who wrote the article, “Gustave Moreau” (1899), accompanying the publication of this etching in the “Gazette des Beaux-Arts” (vol. XII) proposes (in transl.) that Patricot’s engraving “… perfectly translates the supple energy and the immense tenderness with which Moreau enlivened the heroes of his dreams.” (p. 18 [https://archive.org/details/gazettedesbeauxa321umass/page/18/mode/2up]). More interesting for me, however, is the following wonderful assessment of the print in the extension of Ary Renan’s article later in the same volume of the Gazette (1899): “A jet of happy nudities within an unpolluted nature” (“Un  jet  de  nudités heureuses  au  sein  d'une  nature  impolluée”) (p. 304 [https://archive.org/details/gazettedesbeauxa321umass/page/304/mode/2up]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with small margins around the image borderline and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. The sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this somewhat bizarre and beautifully executed engraving—note that there is  such an abundance of fine details in this image that should be described, but I am fascinated by the meaning linked to the talisman (or is it a handful of feathers?) held up by Jason that is “snagged” in a loop of pearls holding the ram’s head of the golden fleece to a sphinx topped column—for the total cost of AU$233 (currently US$167.59/EUR147.88/GBP123.16 at the time of posting 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 amazing engraving that is so finely treated that the delicately engraved strokes need magnification to see—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