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a very nice set of original signed etchings

published in very limited editions, reserved for members of the Northern Engraving Society

(1900-1947?)

These works of engravers and lithographers from the north of France demonstrate how, thanks to their talent, the print could render painted works with accuracy or perfection,
sculpted and drawn by the greatest masters.

The interpretative engraving, executed from paintings, drawings or sculptures by old masters but also by contemporary artists, was until the third third of the 19th century the most widespread genre of printmaking. As original printmaking and photography developed, such interpretations from the masters became rarer.

In the second half of the 19th century, until the first half of the 20th century,
several engravers from Lille or its region specialized in this genre and brilliantly produced prints using different techniques: chisel, etching, wood engraving, lithography... Some, like Alphonse Leroy, worked for the chalcography of the Louvre and engraved according to the drawings of the greatest masters: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Rubens...

Others, like Julien Deturck, Alfred Broquelet or Omer Bouchery, executed engravings for the Northern Engraving Society, founded in 1900 to promote engravers, works and collections from the North of France and Flanders. They engraved in particular after paintings still exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts: after Goya, after Boilly, after Corot or after Courbet for example, after Carpeaux or after the paintings by Watteau from the Louvre Museum.

To the works of interpretation signed by the engravers (many will be offered in my ebay shop),
there are also superb unpublished original engravings published in very small numbers and with great care by this famous society of print lovers.

1909

Engraved on wood by

Eugene DETE

Eugene Dete

Eugène Dété is a French engraver and illustrator, born November 7, 1848 in Valenciennes and died in April 1922.

Biography

Eugène Dété is essentially a wood engraver.

He worked jointly with Tony Beltrand. He is also close to Auguste Lepère and Daniel Vierge,

of which he is one of the performers.

His productions are very numerous, especially for the illustrated periodical press, including the Revue illustrée,

The Illustrated World, Le Petit Parisien, etc.

In 1902, he participated in an important retrospective exhibition of wood engraving,

organized by La Plume in the premises of the School of Fine Arts in Paris.

For the edition of works intended for bibliophiles, and therefore with a very limited edition, in 1908, Dété engraved the illustrations of the very first illustrated edition of the Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde on behalf of Charles Carrington.

With Beltrand, he engraves the illustrations for the “Les Minutes parisiennes” collection on behalf of Paul Ollendorff.

from the sculpture of

GAUQUIE & H.GUILLAUME

"WATTEAU monument"

1684-1721

(Luxembourg Garden)

the Monument to Antoine Watteau is a sculpture created by Henri Désiré Gauquié and dedicated to Antoine Watteau. This sculpture is located in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.

The erection of the monument was decided by the quaestorship of the Senate in June 1896. A public subscription was then launched and the sculpted group was inaugurated on November 8, 1896.

Woodcut

On smooth cream tinted wove paper

watermarked with SSG cipher

Free sheet

Leaflet size: approx. 56.5 x 38.5 cm

Good general condition, clean, fresh

Barely yellowed, minimal inevitable traces of handling,

minor creases on margins or corners as always

The rare meanders original caption, accompanying the engraving,

printed in red, is preserved

see Visuals...

signature of the engraver Eugène Dété, in pencil in the lower right margin