{"title":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe artist Jean Alexis Morin, known as Morin-Jean (1877-1940) is strangely still poorly understood today.  The twin facts that he came to art a bit later in life, probably around age 30, and that he died at the start of World War II, may both have contributed to this obscurity.  It is unclear how much Morin-Jean painted, but probably not that much.  That he was a prolific printmaker is far more assured.  Much of his output was for book illustrations, which were popular in France between the wars.  He did however, also engrave, etch and carve woodblocks to create fine art images.  He did so mostly monochromatically, but at times also in color.  Still lives, flowers, and quiet scenes of domestic life were his primary artistic refuges.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-la-patte-de-chat","title":"A la Patte de Chat","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinted on laid paper. Edition of 50. 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Artist's proof. There may not be an edition. Annotated by the artist \"Morin-Jean offre ˆ RenŽ Druart ce coupe papier d'Žb?ne aux noirs veloutŽs pour tourner savoureusement les pages d'une amitiŽ de vingt ans dont il souhaite les feuillets tr?s nombreux encore - 9 mai 1935\" in pencil. RenŽ Druart (1888-1961), an industrialist from Reims was a friend of Morin-Jean. The artist even illustrated two books of poems by Druart in the late 1910s and early 1920s. This composition depicts both men's passion for the arts of the book. The paper knife (today better known as a letter opener) was the most important tool of any reader in an era when most pages were not cut by the publisher. It was the task, some might say the pleasure and honor of the reader, to open her or his own pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12605027811370,"sku":"10253","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_434296c4-0e4e-46a9-a2d0-b291034fb9d6.jpg?v=1525479045"},{"product_id":"spring-bouquet","title":"Spring Bouquet","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBouquet Printanier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (original French title)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHandcolored drypoint on wove paper, n.d.\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 50.\u003cbr\u003eSigned and numbered \"10\/50\" in pencil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13473514520618,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Morin-Jean_-_Bouquet_Printanier_-_flowers_-_drypoint.jpg?v=1573947762"},{"product_id":"wildflowers","title":"Wildflowers","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFleurs des Champs\u003c\/em\u003e (original French title)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePure line engraving on laid paper.\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 50.\u003cbr\u003eSigned and numbered \"16\/50\" in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13473546534954,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Morin-Jean_-_Fleurs_des_Champs_-_flowers_-_pure_line_engraving.jpg?v=1573947770"},{"product_id":"flower-basket","title":"Flower Basket","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePanier de Fleurs\u003c\/em\u003e (original French title)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eColor drypoint on Vidalon watermarked laid paper.\u003cbr\u003eSigned and numbered \"1\/2\" in pencil.\u003cbr\u003eIt is unclear whether another, larger edition for this print exists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13473688944682,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Morin-Jean_-_Panier_de_Fleurs_-_Flower_Basket_-_drypoint.jpg?v=1573947753"},{"product_id":"the-embroiderer","title":"The Embroiderer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tapissière \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(descriptive French title)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodcut on thin japon paper.\u003cbr\u003eArtist proof; edition unknown.  Certainly only printed in small numbers.  We have not encountered any other impression of this work.\u003cbr\u003eSigned and annotated “Epreuve d’artiste” in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorin-Jean (Jean Alexis Morin) knew how to use the burin.  He seems to be known equally well (or not much at all, if you want to put it that way...) for his pure-line copperplate engravings as for his use of the tool to make woodcuts\/wood engravings.  This intimate image of a woman at work is made particularly attractive thanks to the juxtaposition of the thin line of an engraving with the thicker gouges of what makes this mostly a woodcut. The patterns in her blouse, the shading in her face, as well as the discreet vertical lines in the window frame all contribute to lending this image an elegance in stark contrast to the strength of the overall composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14291068092458,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/JeanAlexisMorin-Morin-Jean-Brodeuse-FemmeBrodant-Tisseuse-detail.jpg?v=1642513078"},{"product_id":"sur-la-lagune-a-venise","title":"Sur la Lagune à Venise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eEtching and aquatint printed in sepia on laid paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNo known edition. We have yet to find another impression of this print anywhere. The artist, who seems to have been relatively prolific, also seems to have printed many of his editions, when they were not intended for illustrations, in small editions, which makes his prints generally scarce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned, titled, and dedicated in pencil. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaints fine scattered foxing in the bottom and left margins; with a one-inch band of toning in that same left sheet edge. Both conditions are very minor, and well away from the plate, in the wide margin's outer edges. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\" lang=\"FR\"\u003eOverall in excellent condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORIN-JEAN, Born Jean Alexis MORIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47970588721388,"sku":null,"price":385.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/MORIN-JEAN-SurlaLaguneaVenise-Etchingandaquatint-1912-detail.jpg?v=1784474499"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/born-jean-alexis-morin-morin-jean\/subject_gondola.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}