Charles-François Daubigny (1817–78)
"Le Berger
et la Bergerer” [The Shepherd and Shepherdess], 1874
Published in
"L'Art", vol. LXIII, 1904, p. 560, to illustrate an article by
Henriet about Daubigny.
Etching on laid
paper
Size: (sheet)
43.2 x 29.6 cm; (plate) 28.9 x 21.9 cm; (image) 25.4 x 19.5 cm
State v (of
viii)
Inscribed with
signature under the image borderline (lower-left); the title (lower-centre);
and the printer’s name (lower-right)
Melot 122v (of
viii), Delteil 122v (of viii)
Condition:
Superb impression in pristine condition with full margins (and remnants of
tissue-guard) as published.
I am selling this rare, original and arguably
Daubigny's most famous etching for a total cost of AU$230 (currently US$173.35/EUR155.27/GBP132.23
at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere
in the world.
If you are interested in purchasing this etching in top condition
please send me an email and I will email you a PayPal invoice.
This print has been sold
This is one of
the last prints made by Daubigny. In the previous six years Daubigny had
dedicated himself, almost exclusively, to painting as (according to Melot in
"Graphic Art of the Pre-Impressionists") he was "much in demand
as a painter" (p. 282). Beyond the visual poetry that Daubiigny captures
in this print of light filtering through trees and the romance of embracing
lovers, what is especially beautiful is the lively line work that he employs.
Interestingly, Melot proposes that this and the other five of Daubigny's final
plates "were increasingly close to the style of the Impressionists in
their use of delicate and vibrating small strokes" (p. 282). Indeed,
etchings like this earn Daubigny the title of a "Pre-Impressionist."
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