An Evening from Antiquity
After Alphonse OSBERT (1857 – 1939)
Etched by René LORRAIN (1873 – after 1939)
Soir Antique (original French title)
Color aquatint on thick Arches wove paper, 1924.
Ref: not in BN-IFF.
Publisher and the edition size are unknown.
While certainly a commercial publication, it seems to have become scarce.
This is one of Osbert's most famous compositions. The painting that inspired it is held by the Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.
Signed in pencil by Osbert.