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.
This print has been sold
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