Marc Louis Emmanuel Solon, “Porcelaine avec Pâtes Rapportées”, 1865

Marc Louis Emmanuel Solon (pseudonym: Miles) (1835–1913)— Note that this etching is signed in the plate at the lower centre with the artist’s monogram: “MLS / sculp”.

“Porcelaine avec Pâtes Rapportées” (Porcelain with Added Pastes), 1865 — The title refers to porcelain decorated with relief using the “pâte-sur-pâte” (paste-on-paste) method, for which Marc Louis Emmanuel Solon was a leading exponent.

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on buff-coloured chine-collé on wove paper trimmed within the platemark with small margins around the image and professionally backed with a support sheet, providing wide margins.

Printed by Alfred Salmon (active 1863-1894) in Paris and published in the art review, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, in October 1865, as Plate 17 between pages 374 and 375. The in-plate lettering notes that the composition was designed by “Mr. Milès”— Solon’s pseudonym—and indicates that the porcelain piece was fabricated by “Mr. Rousseau” (François-Eugène Rousseau, 1827–1891) Solon’s financial backer and dealer.

The impression is strong, crisp, and evenly printed. Aside from a minor mark in the support sheet margin at the left, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 18.3 x 23.2 cm
• Chine collé: 15.4 x 21.7 cm

In-Plate Lettering:

• Following the oval edge: (lower left) “COMPOSITION DE M^R. MILÈS”
• Within the oval: (lower centre) “MLS [monogram of artist] / sculp”
• Following the oval edge: (lower right) “FABRICATION DE M^R. ROUSSEAU.”
• Below the chine collé: (left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”
• Below the chine collé: (centre) “PORCELAINE AVEC PÂTES RAPPORTÉES.”
• Below the chine collé: (right) “Imp. A. Salmon à Paris.”

Price & Shipping:

AU$228 (approximately US$158.11 / €138.29 / £118.52), including worldwide express shipping. Please note: Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this exquisite etching by a key porcelain artist, exemplifying his early mastery of flowing lines leading into the Art Nouveau period (peaking between 1895 and 1905), please contact oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Charles Waltner, “Le Vase de Chine”, 1875, after Mariano Fortuny

Charles Waltner (aka Charles Albert Waltner) (1846–1925)
“Le Vase de Chine” (The Chinese Vase),1875
After a painting by Mariano Fortuny (also known as Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo and Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal) (1838–1874) from the John W. Wilson Collection—a collection exhibited in Wilson’s gallery to showcase “the artistic and literary Circle of Brussels. For the benefit of the poor of this city” (see https://archive.org/details/catalogueraison00ledegoog/page/n153/mode/1up).

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on cream laid paper with full margins as published. The impression is strong (near faultless), with the sheet in pristine condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling.
The etching was printed by Alfred Salmon (active 1863–1894) and published in Paris and London in 1875 by A. Ballue in volume 1 of the art periodical “L'Art: Revue Hebdomadaire Illustrée”, between pages 166 and 167.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 42.5 x 30 cm
• Plate: 29.5 x 22.2 cm
• Image borderline: 24.5 x 18 cm

Plate Lettering:

• Within the image borderline at the lower right corner (signature): “[M F]ortunty/ 1870”
• Lower left: “Mariano Fortuny pinx/ L’Art”
• Lower centre: “LE VASE DE CHINE/ (Collection de M. John W. Wilson)”
• Lower right: “Ch. Waltner sculp. / Imp. A. Salmon.”

References:

• Béraldi 48 (Henri Béraldi, 1892, Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: Saint-Marcel–Zwinger, vol. XII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 262, cat. no. 48)
  (see https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e12berauoft/page/262/mode/2up)
• The British Museum describes this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-0210-440

Price & Shipping:

AU$214 (approximately US$140.90 / €120.96 / £106.46), including worldwide express shipping. Please note that import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this exquisite etching—note the artist’s skill in capturing the shimmering effect of light bouncing off mirrors and gilded surfaces in the lavishly decorated room—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Paul Huet, “Bois de la Haye”, 1867

Paul Huet (aka Paul Hüet) (1803–1869)

“Bois de la Haye” [Woods near The Hague], 1867, after a painting (1864–65) of the same title by the artist, printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–94) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1^st October 1867, between pages 338 and 339.

Etching on buff coloured chine collé on wove paper, trimmed within the platemark on the top and sides with wide margins around the image borderline.

Size: (sheet) 16.9 x 21.6cm; (chine collé/image borderline) 10.2 x 14.7cm.

State v (of v) published state.

Inscribed below the borderline: (left) “PAUL HUET PINX. ET SCULP. / Gazette des Beaux-Arts”; (centre) “BOIS DE LA HAYE.”; (right) “Imp. A. Salmon, Paris.”

Delteil 17; Beraldi 69; IFF 104.

See description of this print at Yale University Art Gallery and Art Link to the World: http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/13730; http://www.artlinktotheworld.com/id19.html.

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

I am selling this small treasure of an etching for the total cost of AU$249 (approximately US$162.77, EUR 139.43, or GBP 120.86), this includes worldwide express postage and handling. Please note that any applicable import duties or taxes imposed by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful print—in fact it’s one of my favourite prints! —please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Note that currently mail services from Australia to the USA have been suspended. Consequently, at the moment I am unable to accept purchases needing shipping to the United States.

Léopold Flameng, “Ingres at the Age of 24”, 1869, after Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Léopold Flameng (aka Léopold Joseph Flameng) (1831–1911)

“Ingres at the Age of 24” (aka “Ingres à l'âge de 24 ans”), 1869, after the 1804 self-portrait in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1 December 1871, between pages 478 and 179 (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k203093f/f564.double). 

Etching with pale plate tone on cream wove paper, trimmed around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 20.4 x 16.5cm; (soft platemark) 19.7 x 15.9 cm; (image borderline) 16.5 x 13.6cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (upper left) “EFF. J.A. INGRES. P.^OR”; (lower left) “LÉOP. FLAMENG. DEL & SC 69”; (upper right) “F.^it P^ais 1804”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “INGRES À L'ÂGE DE 24 ANS”; (right) “Imp. A. Salmon, Paris.”

Beraldi 350 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle”, vol. 6, Paris, L. Conquet, p. 127, cat. no. 350); IFF153 ((Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1953, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Doré-Folk”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 7, p. 165, cat. no. 11 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489211f/f590]).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1983-U-2726.

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 providing wide margins. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this remarkably fine portrait of Ingres as a young man, for the total cost of AU$233 (approximately US$150.56, EUR 130.38 or GBP 113.40), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

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