Une Mare 1867 |
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Original etching.
Signed and dated in the plate.
Ref: Curtis & Prouté 23 i/iii
S 455 x 346 mm; P 319 x 237 mm; I 235 x 161 mm
£175
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Original Adolphe Appian etching.
Proof before all lettering printed on large paper.
A beautiful impression in Curtis & Prouté's first state of the plate, prior to any of the engraved lettering, and prior to the normal publication.
One of the most notable French landscape etchers of the nineteenth century, Adolphe Appian was amongst the most inspired pupils of the famous painter-etcher, Jean-Baptiste Corot. A true successor of the Barbizon ideal, Adolphe Appian assimilated to the full his master’s sense of the quality of light and he translated this to his own naturalistic style with greatest success in his etchings.
After studying in his native city of Lyon, Adolphe Appian had come to Paris in the 1830’s to study under Corot; yet it was not until about 1860 that Appian began his activities as a printmaker. Etched in 1867, Une Mare (A Pond) shows the elegant naturalism of Appian's etchings at its finest. This quiet image of an undisturbed pond with a solitary heron standing watch over the still waters is the very essence of the style of pure landscape etching which the Barbizon artists sought to achieve.
On cream wove paper with full margins and deckle edge. Very fine original condition. Image surface excellent. |
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