Adolphe
Appian (1818–1898)
“Une Moria à Bordiquier (Italie)” (as titled in the
plate—but Jennings [1925] changes the second word “Moria” to the more
appropriate word, “Noria”, in his catalogue of Appian’s etchings) (aka “A Water
Wheel in Bordighera [Italy]”; “Environs de Bordigaera, Dans le Var”; “Environs
de Nice”), 1873, printed and published in Paris by Alfred Cadart
(1828–1875) for Une Société de Peintres-Graveurs a L'Eau-Forte as Plate 225 in “L'Illustration Nouvelle, yr. & vol., 6,
1874. Gallica – BnF offers an online view of all the prints (including
this etching) featured in this publication: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8527601h;
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8527601h/f4.item.
Interestingly, in
his catalogue raisonné for Appian’s prints, Jennings (1925) proposes a possible motivation for Appian's curious use of multiple titles for his artworks: “Such
vagaries were perhaps due to thoughtlessness, but more probably the intention
was to “dépister” [outwit] those who sought to identify his motifs” (p. 110).
Etching with
plate tone on fine laid paper (watermarked) with full margins as published.
Size: (sheet)
31.1 x 48.8 cm; (plate) 23.8 x 31.6 cm; (image borderline) 19.6 x 28.4 cm.
Inscribed in
plate within the image borderline: (upper left corner) “Appian. 1873”.
Numbered in
plate above the image borderline: (right) “225.”
Lettered in
plate below the image borderline: (left) “A.Appian,del. et sc.”; (centre) “UNE
MORIA À BORDIQUIER (Italie)”; (right) “A.Cadart,Edit.Imp.Ruw Nve,Mathurins,58,Paris.”
State ii (of
iv) with the addition of the title and publication details for Cadart and
before the reduction of the plate size of state iii and the addition of
publication details for the Keppel edition of state iv.
Curtis &
Prouté 37ii (Atherton Cutiis & Paul Prouté 1968, “Adolphe Appian son Oeuvre
Gravé et Lithographié”, Paris, Paul Prouté, cat. no. 37 ii); Jennings 33
(Herbert H Jennings 1925, Adolphe Appian (essay) in “Print Collector’s
Quarterly,” vol. 12, no. 1, p. 115, cat. no. 33 [see https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/print_collectors_quarterly1925/0134/scroll]).
Condition: a
richly inked, strong and well-printed impression with full margins (as
published). There is a 2 cm tear in the right margin, otherwise there are no
holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing.
I am selling
this remarkably luminous impression for the total cost of AU$315 (currently
US$238.92/EUR200.96/GBP172.06 at the time of this listing) including postage
and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import
duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are
interested in purchasing this superb etching executed by an artist with a
strong personal vision and close connection with the Barbizon School 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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