Adolphe
Martial (aka Adolphe
Martial Potémont;; Adolphe Théodore Jules Martial Potémont) (1828–1883)
“Soldiers,
a Deserter and Ruins” (“Soldaten, ein Deserteur und Ruinen”), 1870/1, plate 3 from
the series of 13 plates (including the title plate [see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1982-U-1254]),
“Paris During the Siege” (“Paris Pendant le Siège”), published in 1871 in Paris
by Cadart & Luce (fl.1867–1871)
in “Paris pendant le siège, Notes et eaux fortes”, in 1871.
Etching
with pale plate tone on fine laid paper with wide
margins.
Size:
(sheet) 47.7 x 30.3 cm; (platemark) 23.8 x 16 cm; (image borderline) 23 x 15.3
cm.
Numbered
and inscribed in plate: (upper right corner) “3”; (upper left) “Le siege de
Paris”; (upper right) “Notes et eaux-fortes – A. Martial”; (centre) “Nouvelles
du 19 Septembre [… dated entries of text from 19th September when
General Ducrot with four divisions
tries to stop the Prussian troops to 25th September when the
governor of Paris declares that it is necessary to suppress any manifestation
that everyone is in combat or ready to fight] - PARIS PENDANT LE SIÈGE –“.
State
i (of i)
Beraldi
11 (Henri Béraldi 1891, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur
d'Estampes Modernes: PILLEMENT– SAINT-ÈVRE”, vol. XI, Paris, Librairie L.
Conquet, p. 35, cat. no. 11 [“Paris Pendant le Siège”]).
The
British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Plate 3, with
etched text giving an account of the siege of Paris from 19 to 24 September
1870, and in the upper part and on left and right some sketches representing
soldiers, one of whom, a deserter, seen from behind, with the label 'lâche'
('coward') [stuck] to his back; at the bottom a soldier standing in a street,
contemplating the ruins of a house destroyed during the war. 1870/71” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0510-3200),
Etching,
printed on thin paper See also the description of this print offered by Kunsthalle
Bremen: https://onlinekatalog.kunsthalle-bremen.de/DE-MUS-027614/object/92116.
Condition:
a strong and well-printed impression with full and generously wide margins as
published. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions
or significant stains.
I
am selling this creatively inventive etching formatted as a trompe
l'oeil layering of hand-inscribed diary pages with fragmented images relating
to the written notes, for AU$227 in total (currently/approximately US$152.09/
EUR137.63/ GBP116.05 at the time of this listing) 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$227) as this is my currency.
If
you are interested in purchasing this amazing etching documenting in a unique
way an historically important episode in French history, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
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