{"title":"Auguste DELATRE","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuguste Delâtre (1822–1907) was a French master printer whose Paris workshop became a center of innovation during the 19th-century etching revival. Collaborating with artists including Corot and Whistler, he was renowned for his nuanced approach to inking and plate tone, helping to establish etching as a vital modern medium.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"l-orage","title":"L’Orage","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEtching printed in brownish-black ink on tan Arches laid paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReference: BnF IFF volume VI, page 167, mentioned as missing from the Bibliothèques collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEdition unknown but certainly small. Very scarce. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSigned in ink and bearing the red printing press monogram stamp of the artist (Lugt 105).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShort mended tear (on the verso) in the top margin, away from the plate. Otherwise in excellent unrestored condition, which is rare for a 155-year-old etching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNOTE: This is one of Auguste Delâtre’s largest plate, and possibly his largest. He was not a prolific printmaker, focusing most of his career on his craft as an etching printer for other artists. When he etched, he did so mostly on a smaller scale. This is stormy view of Paris, then still mostly a low-rise city and the exurban Seine River. The windmill in the foreground and the rising moon seem to be in a dialog, as weather comes rolling in. The sheet’s warm tone and the impressions plate tone finish off the composition, making it moody in a way only 19th century etchings can. It is the most accomplished composition we have seen by the artist. Aside from a handful of etching colored \"à la poupée\", which are scarcer than hens teeth, this is as attractive as any etching by the artist gets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DELATRE, Auguste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46874000654572,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/AugusteDELATRE-L_Orage-TheStorm-Etchinginbrown-blackink-1871-detail.jpg?v=1759963957"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/auguste-delatre\/format_horizontal-rectangle.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}