Le Canard (Le Journal)

Etching, 1856, inscribed in plate in artist's hand, upper left: "Bracquemond"

Inscribed in plate, upper center: "Merveille! Merveille! Merveille! / Bonnes gens ouvrez l'oreille! / Je vais vous dire un récit / Qui s'est passé loin d'ici." [Quotation by Edmond About]

Inscribed in plate, within image, lower left: "Horizon politique"; lower right: "A. Delatre, Fg Poissonnière, 145, Paris". Inscribed in plate, lower left: "plublié par l'Artiste".

Fourth state of four. from the journal L'Artiste (7 September 1856).

Bracquemond (Paris 1833 - ivi 1914), painter de engraver, who at the beginning of his career preferred subjects of landscape and animals, inspired by the Dutch, but treated with acute research of form and light relationships. Remarkable, among his engravings, the portraits. He was among the first to experiment (1873) the color printing, inspired by Japanese art. He was also involved in the engraving on porcelain (as a ceramist in the manufactures of Sèvres) and furniture, becoming a promoter, at the end of the century, Art Nouveau. He published Du dessin et de la couleur (1885) and Étude sur la gravure sur bois et la lithographie (1897).

A good impression, some foxing, otherwise good condition.

References

Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. vol. XII, Paris, 1885–1892, cat. no. 116, p. 52; Jean Adhémar, Jacques Lethève Inventaire du Fonds Francais Apres 1800, cat. no. 70, p. 360; Jean-Paul Bouillon Félix Bracquemond. Le réalisme absolu Œuvre gravé 1849-1859. Catalogue raisonné. cat. no. **Ac 22, pp. 106-108; Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Félix Bracquemond 1833-1914, p. 34.