Marcel Roux, “L’Enfant et la Mort”, 1905

Marcel Roux (1878–1922)

“L’Enfant et la Mort” (aka “Death and the Child”), 1905, plate 11 from the suite of 15 plates, “Danse Macabre” (see http://ampaen.mumaro.free.fr/suite2.htm#L'enfant), printed by A & M Vernant  (fl. early 1900s) and published in Paris by George Petit (1856–1920 [business continued until 1933]) as an original etching bound between pages 20 and 21 in the art periodical, “Revue de l’Art Ancient et Moderne”, 1^st January, 1925 (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4325523/f23.double).

For a superb account of Marcel Roux’s remarkable life and prints, see “Adventures in the Print Trade”: https://adventuresintheprinttrade.blogspot.com/2008/08/artists-youve-never-heard-of-marcel.html.

Etching (with drypoint?) printed in a warm black ink on heavy cream laid paper (with partial watermark: “[…]hes” [possibly “Arches”]).

Size: (sheet) 29.9 x 21.2 cm; (platemark) 24.9 X 16.9 cm; (image borderline) 24.2 x 16.3 cm.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this memorably disquieting etching of the personification of death holding the hand of a young girl, for AU$283 (currently US$188.82/EUR170.28/GBP143.80 at the time of posting this print) 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$283) as this is my currency.

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