$420
Au Bord de l'Eau
LEGROS, Alphonse
Etching with subtle plate tone on wove paper. Reference: Bliss 604, only state. Signed in pencil.
Alphonse LEGROS
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911), a French-born painter, printmaker, and sculptor, spent his childhood visiting family farms and seeing the lives of peasants and the landscapes near his birthplace in Dijon. Legros' realistic depictions of rural, everyday life were highly influential and brought recognition from critics. A portrait of his father, exhibited in 1857 at the Paris Salon brought praise from the novelist and art critic Champfleury (Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson), who saw in his work a direct connection to the realism of Gustave Courbet. In 1863, his friend James McNeill Whistler encouraged him to relocate to England, where he became a central figure in the British etching revival. His tenure as a professor at the Slade School of Fine Art in London left a lasting impact on generations of printmakers.
$830
La Ferme de l'Abbaye
LEGROS, Alphonse
Etching on thick wove paper.Reference: Bliss 503 ii/ix.Before the etched borderline, before the plate was cut down, and before the composition was ...
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$625
Le Pêcheur de Saumon
LEGROS, Alphonse
Etching on laid paper. Reference: Malassis et Thibaudeau 223 ii/v. One of 6 in this state, according to the Bliss Collection catalog. But also anno...
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$570
Les Faiseurs de Fagots
LEGROS, Alphonse
Etching on laid japon paper. Reference: Malassis et Thibaudeau 182 ii/xiv (?). Very rare according to the Bliss catalog (an impression of this sta...
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$625
Les Ruines du Monastère
LEGROS, Alphonse
Etching and drypoint on laid paper. Reference: Bliss 356 iii/viii. Signed in pencil. Fine impression, one of 6 of this state, and of only 26 impr...
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