Camille Roche, illustrations to “Le Pont du Ciel”, 1926

Six original etchings by Camille Roche (1894-1948), bound into the first edition of Claude Farrére’s (1876–1957) book, “Le Pont du Ciel” (Collection les Panathénées IV), published in 1926 by Editions Lapina (Collection les Panathénées). The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a description of this book: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/349566.

Etchings on laid paper (Arches watermark) with letterpress French text recto and verso and full margins bound in book.

Size: (each sheet) 19.3 x 14.2cm.

Condition: the book is covered by a previous collector in glassine paper and is in an excellent (near pristine) condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this curiously wonderful book with Camille Roche’s original etchings serving as illustrations to a play set in China during the Zhou dynasty, for the total cost of AU$305 (approximately US$199.44, EUR 170.52, or GBP 147.48), 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 fascinating small book, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Note that currently there are no mail services from Australia to the USA. Consequently, at the moment I am unable to accept purchases needing shipping to the United States.

Bernard-Romain Julien, “Study in White Crayon, No. 12”, 1845

Bernard-Romain Julien (1802–1871)

“Study in White Crayon, No. 12” (aka “Étude au Crayon Blanc, No. 12”), 1845, plate 12 in Julien’s drawing course, “Cours de Dessin”, printed and published by Aubert & Cie (fl.c.1830s–1880s) in Paris.

Crayon-manner lithograph printed in black with a blue-grey tone block on heavy white wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 48 x 31.4cm.

Inscribed in plate/stone below image: (left) “Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse.”; (centre) “ÉTUDE AU CRAYON BLANC, N^O. 12./ Lithographiée pa[r] Julien.”; (right) “Imp. d’Aubert & C^ie.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression. Beyond a tear on the right edge, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this large and exceptionally beautiful lithograph by one of the most famous of 19^th century artists involved in creating academic studies for students to copy, for the total cost of AU$235 (approximately US$153.90, EUR 131.14, or GBP 113.66), 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.

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Gérard de Lairesse, “Venus Fills Cupid's Quiver”, c.1677–80

Gérard de Lairesse (1640–1711)

“Venus Fills Cupid's Quiver” (aka “Venus Replenishing Cupid's Quiver with Arrows”; “Venus and Cupid at the Forge of Vulcan”), c.1677–80, plate three from the series, of four plates, “The Life of Venus” (aka “Venus and Cupid”), published by Nicolaes Visscher II (aka Nicolai Vischer; Claes Claesz Visscher) (1649–1702). Based on the number inscribed at lower right (“56”), this impression is from the “Opus Elegantissimum” edition of 104 plates, published in Amsterdam by Gerard Valck (aka Gerard Valk) (1651/2–1726) (see the Curator of the British Museum’s comment about this edition regarding the title plate to the edition: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1929-1112-2-1).

Etching on laid paper, trimmed along the platemark and backed by a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 24.1 x 16.6cm; (plate) 21.4 x 17.2cm; (image borderline) 20.8 x 16.6cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “3”; (centre) “Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Privil: Ord: General: Belgii Fæderati.”; (right) “56”.

Hollstein Dutch 29; Timmers 29

The British Museum offers the following description of this print (not reproduced): “Venus filling the quiver of Cupid with arrows which are being forged behind her; a plate from a series of four on Venus and Cupid. c.1677/80” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1929-1112-2-52).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum and Harvard Art Museums: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200528267; https://hvrd.art/o/339704.

Condition: a well-printed impression with narrow margins around the image borderline and laid onto archival (millennium-quality) washi paper that provides generous margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this very beautiful etching that to my eyes seems sculpted by light, for the total cost of AU$333 (approximately US$217.87, EUR 186.35, or GBP 161.37), 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.

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Paul Huet, “Les Ormeaux”, 1829

Paul Huet (aka Paul Hüet) (1803–1869)

“Les Ormeaux” (aka. “Young Elm Trees”), 1829, plate 5 from the series of 12 lithographs, “Paysages”, published in Paris and London in 1830 with the blindstamp of the publisher/printer, Charles Motte (aka Charles Étienne Pierre Motte) (1784–1836).

Interestingly, Henri Beraldi (1889) in his catalogue raisonné for Paul Heut cites the famous art critic Philippe Burty’s (1830–1890) advice that “each [plate in the series] is more beautiful than the last …” and adds Burty’s assessment that: “Paul Huet gave a very particular character of strength and eloquence, colour and poetry to his lithographs. … For a long time they [the series] lingered in boxes on the quays. … [but] today they are almost impossible to find and amateurs are fighting over them.” (Henri Beraldi 1889, p. 131).

Lithograph on buff coloured chine collé on wove paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 28.6 x 23.4cm; (chine collé) 23.3 x 18.7cm; (image borderline) 16.7 x 14cm.

Inscribed in plate/stone above the image borderline: (left) “A”; (right) “5”.

Lettered in plate/stone below the image borderline: (left) “Huet del^t”; (centre) “LES ORMEAUX./ à Paris rue des marais n^o 13 Faub Saint Germain./ Pub in 1830 by C. MOTTE, London 19 Bedford Street, Convent Garden.”; (right) Lithog de C. Motte”.

State ii (of iii) —before Chales Motte’s name is replaced with the printer, Caboche.

Delteil 46 (Loys Delteil 1911, “Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré: Paul Huet”, vol 7, Paris, n.p., cat. no. 46); Beraldi 6–18 (Henri Beraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIX^e Siècle”, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, vol. 8, p. 131, cat. nos. 6–18 [plate 5]).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the British Museum: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1126;  https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1999-0926-24.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with the blindstamp of the publisher at lower left. Beyond faint age toning to the edges of the sheet, the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains and has been laid onto archival (millennium-quality) washi paper that provides generous margins.

I am selling this masterwork of lithography—note the artist’s skill in employing the full range of tones from pure white to velvety blacks— for the total cost of AU$273 (approximately US$178.62, EUR 152.77, or GBP 132.29), 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.

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