Félix Bracquemond (aka
Joseph Auguste Félix Bracquemond) (1833–1914)
“The Sands of Tombelaine and Mont St.
Michel” (aka “Les Grèves de
Tombelaine et du Mont Saint-Michel”), 1887, impression from the final lettered
state published in 1895 in Paris by Georges Petit (1856–1920) in Rene
Maizeroy’s (1856–1918) “La Mer”.
Etching
on heavy wove paper with full margins as published.
Size:
(sheet) 31.5 x 44.3 cm; (plate [faint]) 21.3 x 28.1 cm; (image borderline) 16 x
23.6 cm.
Lettered
in plate below the image borderline: “Bracquemond inv & sc.”
Beraldi
781; IFF 409
The
British Museum offers the following description of this print from an earlier
state: “Landscape of the sea with a rock beyond at left and Mont Saint-Michel
in the far distance; the beach in the left foreground with sticks in the sand;
a flock of birds in flight at left towards Mont Saint-Michel; dramatic clouds
in the sky; intended for the unpublished album 'La Mer'. Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1926-0710-113).
Condition:
a strong impression with generously wide margins in a near pristine condition
with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.
I
am selling this very poetic portrayal of the mystical tidal island of Mont-Saint-Michel
with its awe-inspiring abbey by one of the most famous printmakers of the
nineteenth century, for the total cost of AU$298 (currently US$196.16/EUR180.88/GBP154.53
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 showing the deceptively inviting
tidal path leading to Mont-Saint-Michel—mindful
that this dangerous walkway that was upgraded to a causeway in 1879, has now
been made safe by a connecting bridge in 2014—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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