JEAN EMILE LABOUREUR
1877 - 1943 (French)
Le Marchand d'Anguilles / The Eels Merchant - 1932
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching
Title: Le Marchand d'Anguilles / The Eels Merchant
Technique: Original Etching on Rives vellum paper, laid on card.
Paper size: 32.5 x 38.5 cm / 12.8 x 15.2 in
Image size: 23.5 x 25.5 cm / 9.3 x 10 in
Additional Information: The etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Laboureur" in the lower left margin and hand numbered in pencil at the lower right margin "33/42 ep". Additionally, it is initalled "L" in the plate, in the lower left corner of the image.
This is the third state (out of five) of the plate, which was printed in a small and limited edition of 42 impressions, of which only 37 were printed on Rives vellum paper.
The etching was printed in 1932.
Literature: LOYER, Jacqueline, 1962. Laboureur, Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie. Paris: Tournon.
Reference: Loyer 457 (ill. p. 39)
Condition: Good condition. Overall discoloration of the paper. The print is laid on card.