Georges Régnier (1878–[after] 1938)—note that the Louvre
Museum (Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques, Chalcographie) offers
brief descriptions of four wood engravings that the museum holds by this artist:
https://collections.louvre.fr/recherche?author%5B0%5D=12375.
“La Classe de danse” (aka “The Ballet Class”; “Un Cours de Danse”;
“A Dance Class”), 1938, pencil-signed and annotated artist’s proof wood
engraving after Edgar Degas’ (1834–1917) painting, “La Classe de danse”
(1873–76) in the Musée d’Orsay (see
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-classe-de-danse-1151). Note that the Louvre Chalcographie published an
edition of this print with the Chalcographie’s blind-stamp, but this impression
is a signed proof-state impression before the later edition. See the description
of this print offered by the Louvre Museum: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020535275.
Wood-engraving
on fine Japanese washi paper, hand-signed and inscribed in pencil with annotations.
Size:
(sheet) 42.7 x 36.7 cm; (image borderline/plate) 33.9 x 29.9 cm.
Lettered
in plate within the image borderline: (upper left) “REGNIER SC.”
Inscribed
in pencil by the artist below the image borderline/platemark: (left) “épreuve
d'artiste”; (right) “[…] G. Regni[er]/ 1938”.
Condition:
a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression in an excellent condition with wide margins and no tears, holes, abrasion or significant stains. Note that the sheet has naturally occurring imperfections in the
paper.
I am
selling this large and magnificent wood-engraving that is pencil-signed
and inscribed as an artist’s proof impression (“épreuve d'artiste”) after one
of Degas’ most famous paintings, for a total cost of AU$266 (currently US$177.79/EUR160.87/GBP141.61 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 exceptionally rare wood-engraving, 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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