VENTE DE GRAVURES & ESTAMPES
Friday 15 October 2021 at 14:00
Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot, 9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
178 lots
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101 - VIGNON Claude (Tours 1593 Paris 1670) - "Jesus Christ heals two possessed and allows demons to enter pigs". Original etching. Proof on thin laid paper (watermark illegible). Ref: Robert-Dumesnil, n°8. Portalis and Beraldi, n°324. Plate 8 of the suite of 13 pieces "Les Miracles de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ". The etchings of this artist are rare. 20,8 x 16,1 cm. Condition A (cut on or at the edge of the copperplate mark on three sides and in the tablet (absence of the artist's name and addres
Estimate €250 - €300 -
102 - ALBERTI Cherubino (Borgo San Sepolcro 1552 - Rome 1615) - "The torture of Prometheus". 1580. etching and burin. Proof on watermarked laid paper. Ref: Bartsch, n°92. 40 x 28 cm. Condition B (cut at the subject and missing inscriptions at the foot, rare small scattered foxing and slight traces of handling).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
103 - BISCAINO Bartolomeo (Italy 1632 - 1657) - "The Nativity, with the angels in the sky". c.1650. Etching. Signed "Biscai.us Genve" in the point in the left tablet. Ref: Bartsch & Le Blanc, n°7. Proof of the 2nd state (of 2) with the address of Daman, on laid paper. Calligraphy and ink sketches on the reverse. 39,5 x 27,9 cm. State A (cut on the copperplate mark, slight trace of an old median horizontal fold).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
104 - BONASONE Giulio (Bologna c.1498 c.1570) - [Cimon et Pero] "Quo non penetrat, aut quid non excogitat pietas? Quae in carcere servandi partris novam rationem invenit". 1542. Burin after Rosso Fiorentino. Ref: Bartsch, n°2. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a double circle), with the address "Ant. Sal. exc" (Antonio Salamanca). Margins. 16,5 x 33,5 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €250 - €300 -
105 - CARRACCI Agostino (Baologna c.1557 Parma 1602) - "Mercury and the Graces". Burin after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto. Signed with the initials "A.C" in the lower right corner of the composition. Reference: Le Blanc, n°110. Proof on watermarked laid paper (anchor). Fine margins of the copper. 19 x 25,5 cm. Condition A (Traces of old mounting on the reverse).
Estimate €250 - €300 -
106 - DELLA BELLA Stefano (Florence 1610 1664) - "The Arch of Constantine". 1656. Original etching. Signed "SDBella" in the lower left corner of the composition. Reference: De Vesme & Massar, n°834. Proof of the 2nd state (of 2) with the inscription "Arcus const. Et Amphit. Hau Panctina" in the margin. Watermarked laid paper (Eagle in a circle). From the series the "Six large views, four of which are of Rome and two of the Roman Campaign". 31.5 x 27 cm. Condition A (cut to the subject on three sides
Estimate €200 - €300 -
107 - GHISI Giorgio (Mantua 1520 or 1524 1582) - "The Vision of Ezekiel" (a group of corpses and skeletons emerging from the tombs, above them five winged putti holding a banner). 1554. Engraving after Giovanni Battista Bertano (Mantua 15161576). Name of the artist and date M.D.L.IIII on a tablet at the bottom right. Ref: Bartsch, n°69. Lewis, n°15. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a double circle), with Rossi's address: "Si stampano da Gio.: Iacomo de Rossi in Roma alla Pace". 17th
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
108 - SACCHI Carlo (Pavia 1617 1706) - "Zenon of Pavia killed by Prince Alhai". Original etching. Proof on laid paper. Ref: Le Blanc, n°4. Print based on an episode of the History of the Lombards: Alhai, duke of Trento then of Brescia, who revolted against King Cuniperto and conquered Pavia. 24,5 x 35 cm. Condition A (rare light foxing, small margins of the copper).
Estimate €800 - €1,200 -
109 - BARRY James (Cork, Ireland 1741 London 1806) - "The Diagorides Victors at Olympia. c.1791. Etching and burin. Ref: Pressly, The Life and Art of James Barry, no. 19. Proof with the letter, on strong vellum, published by the artist himself. Margins. An Olympic victor crowned with laurel at the far right, with Diagoras carried on the shoulders of his two sons, a man on a rearing horse and a man holding the reins of a chariot in the procession behind him, with steps leading to a Greek temple in the
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
110 - CASSAS Louis-François (after) (Azay-le-Ferron (Indre) 1756 Versailles 1827) - [View of an ancient quarry called Grotta della Favella, commonly known as Denis' Ear, in Syracuse]. c.1800. Watercolor over engraved line. Ref: Catalogue des Vues de monuments antiques et modernes, et de sites célèbres du Globe, exécutées avec leurs accessoires, à l'huile, à la gouache, et à l'aquarelle, et publiées à Paris, par les Piranesi, n°56. Printed and published by the Piranesi Brothers in Paris. One
Estimate €400 - €500 -
111 - GILLOT Claude (Langres 1673 Paris 1722) - Complete suite of 4 plates "The life of a satyr" (The Birth, The Education, The Marriage and The Funeral). c.1700-1710. Complete suite engraved with etching. In Paris, by J. Audran (16671756), Graveur du Roy at the Hôtel Royal des Gobelins. Margins. Claude Gillot is a painter and engraver famous for his satyric pieces. 30 x 41 cm for 3 plates & 26,5 x 35,5 cm for "Les obsèques". Condition B (mostly marginal foxing and on the verso, "L'éducation" sligh
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
112 - GRANDI Carlo (Italy 1729 1767, Active in Rome) - Religious imagery - "La Beata Giovanna Francesca Fremiot di Chantal Fondatrice dell' Ordine della Visitazione di S. Maria incontrata da S. Francesco di Sales [...]". 18th century. Etching and burin after Gaetano SORTINO (Italian, active in Rome around 1760-1765). Printed on silk. 54 x 34 cm. Condition C (pasted in full on cardboard, some accidents)
Estimate €400 - €500 -
113 - JANINET Jean-François (Paris 1752 1789) - "La Vertu de Lucrèce ou La Mort de Lucrèce". 1795. Engraving with burin and aquatint after Jean Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746 1810). Rare proof before the letter, in black and bistre, mounted on its original mount bearing on the reverse an old handwritten collection mark of the 18th century (Lugt not described). Reference: I.F.F XVIII, n°153. Portalis and Béraldi, n°71. 31 x 60 cm. Condition B (small dent in the paper at the bottom right, some trace
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
114 - LAGRENÉE Jean-Jacques (Paris 17401821) - "The sacrifice of Gideon". Original etching. Ref: P. de Baudicour, n°4. Proof of the 1st state of 2, before the letter between the feet of Gideon. Margins. 11,5 x 12,5 cm. Condition B (Some rare light foxing).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
115 - MOREAU Louis-Gabriel, called the elder (Paris 1739 1805) - [Buildings in ruins, near the shore]. Original etching. Signed with the artist's initials in point in the plate lower right. Ref : Prouté n°14. Nice proof of the 1st state (of 2), before the second fillet and before the repeats in the 1st fillet, on laid paper. Small margins of the copper. 11.3 x 16 cm. Condition A (cut on the copperplate mark and two tiny foxing marks, otherwise fine condition).
Estimate €400 - €500 -
116 - MOREAU Louis-Gabriel, known as the elder (Paris 1739 1805) - "The Great Staircase". Original etching. Signed with the artist's initials in point in the upper left plate. Ref : Prouté n°11. Proof of the 1st state (of 2), before the second square line and before the erased address of Naudet, on laid paper. Formerly mounted by the corners on brown laid paper bearing the collection mark of Gustave-François Morin ((1809-1886), painter in Rouen), Lugt 1178. Small margins of the copper. 11.8 x 18.1
Estimate €400 - €500 -
117 - RUBENS (after) / MICHEL Jean-Baptiste (1748 1804) - "The three Graces". 1783. Dotted engraving after P.P. Rubens (Siegen 1577Antwerp 1640). Proof formerly cut at the border of the subject and laminated. Reference: Schneevoogt, no. 83. Published by John Boydell, London. 50 x 40.8 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
118 - NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE Jean-Pierre (Misy-faut-Yonne 1745 1830) - SET OF 9 ENGRAVED PLATES. Original etchings. Proofs on fine vellum, formerly mounted on a green sheet. Dimensions between 3,5 x 2,5 cm & 11,5 x 6 cm. Condition A/B. Set of 9 plates.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
119 - PENZEL Johann Georg (1754 1809) - "CABINET of D. CHODOWIECKI" (The engraving artist). End of XVIIIth century. Etching and burin after the plate engraved by Daniel Chodowiecki (1726 - 1801) himself and entitled "Cabinet of a painter /Dedicated to Madame Marie Henriette Ayrer, widow of the late Daniel Chodowiecki" which was published in 1771. Proof on laid paper. Good margins. 26 x 34,5 cm. Condition B (Many foxes on the margins and on the reverse).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
120 - PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) - "Dimostrazioni dell' Emissario del Lago Albano". Original etching. Signed "Piranesi F." in the lower right corner of the tablet. Ref: Focillon 491. Proof on strong laid paper, with the handwritten mark of the print dealer Naudet (active 1763-ca. 1830 in Paris) on the reverse, Lugt 1937. Plate IX, numbered in the composition at the top right, from the series of 9 pieces "Descrizione E Disegno Dell'Emissario Del Lago Albano Di Gio. Batista Piranesi", publis
Estimate €300 - €400 -
121 - PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (Mogliano Veneto 1720 1778 Venice) - "Obelisco Egizio". 1759. Plate from the suite "Vedute di Roma". Original etching and burin, printed in red chalk. Reference: Focillon, n°800, Hind, n°53. Proof of the 3rd state of 5 (with the address "Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita de monti", but the price erased), on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a crowned shield surmounted by the letters J.H & Z). Margins. The Egizio Obelisk, fr
Estimate €600 - €800 -
122 - PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (Mogliano Veneto 1720 1778 Venice) - "Colonna Trajana". 1759. Plate from the suite "Vedute di Roma". Original etching and burin, printed in red chalk. Reference: Hind, n°51. Focillon, n°798. Proof of the 5th state of 7 (with the address "Presso l'autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita de monti", but the price erased), on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a crowned shield surmounted by the letters J.H & Z). Margins. 58 x 44 cm. Condition
Estimate €600 - €800 -
123 - SAINT-AUBIN Gabriel Jacques de (Paris 1724 1780) - "Death of Germanicus". Etching and burin. Reference: Dacier, n°22. Proof with the title and at the top left "Page 143", on laid paper (truncated watermark, three small circles in a circle). Good margins. 30 x 23 cm. Condition A (rare light foxing on the margins).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
124 - WATSON James (1740-1790) - "The Four Seasons". c.1760. Complete suite of four black manners after the paintings of Robert Pyle (active c.1760). The White, not described. Proofs on laid paper, with the address "Printed for Carington Bowles, next the Chapter House in St Pauls Church Yard London". Margins. Beautiful and charming series. Approximately 37 x 27 cm each. A/B condition (rare old small restorations on the edges)
Estimate €600 - €800 -
125 - CHARIVARI - 40 VOLUMES or about 4800 lithographs by DAUMIER, CHAM, GAVARNI XIXth. 1 volume from May 1st to December 31st 1849. 3 volumes from January to December 1850. 3 volumes from January to December 1851. 3 volumes from January to December 1852. 3 volumes from January to December 1853. 3 volumes from January to December 1854. 1 volume from May to August 1855. 2 volumes January to April & Sept to Dec 1856. 2 volumes Jan to April 1857 & April to Aug 1857. 2 volumes Jan to April/May to Aug 1858
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
126 - [COUPLE IN THE BATH]. 19th century. AQUARELLE on paper pasted in full on cardboard. 53 x 42 cm. Condition A/B.
Estimate €600 - €800 -
127 - BEAUFRERE Adolphe (Quimperlé (Bretagne) 1876 1960) - [Boats on the Seine in Paris]. Original etching. Proof glued by the corners on strong vellum, signed in grey pencil by the artist and numbered 2 from an edition at 20 copies. Covered with the artist's red stamp (Lugt 3213). Reference : Morane non-descript. Small margins. Rare. 8,4 x 9,5 cm. Condition B (Small marginal stains).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
128 - BERNARD Emile (Lille 1868 Paris 1941. School of Pont-Aven) - "Pear pickers in Pont-Aven". Original lithograph, printed in colors. Proof on cream vellum, numbered 41/50 in grey pencil and signed with the artist's stamp. Good margins. 64,5 x 50,5 cm. Condition B/C (Two slight traces of old horizontal folds and slightly dusty).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
129 - BRESDIN Rodolphe ( 1825 1885) - "Water mill". 1866. Ref: Van Gelder, n°119. Proof of the 1st state (of 2), before the square line, printed on China paper. Good margins. Rare. 31,5 x 21,5 cm. Condition B (Marginal brown spots and on the reverse).
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
130 - CARRIÈRE Eugène (Gournay (Seine-et-Marne) 1849 Paris 1906) - "Bust of a young girl". 1890. Original lithograph. Signed lower left in the plate. Reference: Delteil, n°12. Nice proof on Chine appliqué, countersigned in pencil by the artist and bearing the collection mark of Marcel Louis Guérin (1873-1948) (Lugt 1872b). Edition at 50 proofs. Good margins. 57 x 45 cm. Condition A (A short tear in the right margin and small traces of old mounting on the reverse).
Estimate €350 - €500 -
131 - CHARLET Nicolas-Toussaint (Paris 1792 1845) - "The village school". 1823. Original lithograph. Signed in the plate. Proof with the letter, on vellum, printed by Villain. Ref : I.F.F After 1800, p. 306. 28 x 41,4 cm. Condition B (Some rare scattered foxing in the margins and on the verso).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
132 - DEGAS Edgar (Paris 1834 1917) (after) "On the beach". c.1889. Lithographed by Georges William THORNLEY (Thiais 1857 Pontoise 1935). Proof of an edition at 100, on China paper. Plate from the suite "Fifteen lithographs after Degas by G. W. Thornley". Printed by Becquet frères and published by Mrs Boussod & Valadon, in Paris. 19,5 x 34,5 cm for the subject. 28,5 x 43,5 cm for the sheet. Condition C (Stains).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
133 - DEGAS Edgar (after?) - [Portrait of a man]. Oil glued on cardboard with the handwritten mention "DEGAS d'après CLOUET". 21 x 18,5 cm. Condition D (damaged)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
134 - DELACROIX Eugène (Charenton St Maurice 1798 Paris 1863) - "Duel Polémique entre Dame Quotidienne et Messire le Journal de Paris". 1821. Original lithograph. Ref: Alfred-Ernest Robaut L'Oeuvre complet d'Eugène Delacroix: Peintures, Dessins, Gravures, Lithographies, Paris, 1885, n°45. Delteil, n°34. Proof of the 2nd state out of 2, with the letter, on cream wove paper. Printed by C. Motte. Margins. 24 x 33 cm. Condition B (Slightly faded and rare light foxing).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
135 - DORÉ Gustave (Strasbourg 1832 Paris 1883) - "At the bottom of the woods" (Nymphs and satyr). 1862. Plate n°4 (of 12) from "L'Album de Gustave Doré" (Paris, Goupil & Cie, 1862). Original lithograph. Reference: Beraldi n°80, I.F.F. n°321 (4). Signed lower left in the plate. Proof on China paper applied on vellum, printed by Lemercier and bearing the dry stamp of the publisher Goupil & Cie (Lugt 1090). All margins. 40 x 50,5 cm. Condition B (Many brown spots on the margins and on the reverse).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
136 - DORÉ Gustave (Strasbourg 1832 Paris 1883) - "Rira bien qui rira le dernier" (Little marauders). 1862. Plate n°5 (of 12) from "L'Album de Gustave Doré" (Paris, Goupil & Cie, 1862). Original lithograph. Reference: Beraldi n°80, I.F.F. n°321 (5). Signed lower left in the plate. Proof on China paper applied on vellum, printed by Lemercier and bearing the dry stamp of the publisher Goupil & Cie (Lugt 1090). All margins. 40,5 x 56,5 cm. Condition B (Numerous marginal foxing and on the verso, a sh
Estimate €300 - €400 -
137 - DORÉ Gustave (Strasbourg 1832 Paris 1883) - "Shipwreck in the harbour" (skating scene). 1862. Plate n°3 (of 12) from "L'Album de Gustave Doré" (Paris, Goupil & Cie, 1862). Original lithograph. Signed lower left in the plate. Reference: Beraldi n°80, I.F.F. n°321 (3). Proof on China paper applied on vellum, printed by Lemercier and bearing the dry stamp of the publisher Goupil & Cie (Lugt 1090). All margins. 40,5 x 56,5 cm. Condition B (Some marginal foxing and on the verso, a short tear in
Estimate €300 - €400 -
138 - FEURE George de (Paris 1868 1928) - "Return". 1897. Rare original lithograph. Signed and dated lower left in the plate. Nice proof on China paper, with the dry stamp of the Estampe moderne (Lugt 2790). One of the 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper at large margins, mounted by the upper corners on a sheet of wove paper with the numbered stamp (106) of the deluxe edition on the back. All margins. 55 x 40,5 cm. Condition A (very few light freckles scattered on the edges of the margins).
Estimate €400 - €500 -
139 - GAUGUIN Paul (Paris 1848 Tahiti 1903) - "Te atua" (The Gods). 1898-1899. Engraved wood. Signed with the artist's initials in the plate. Nice proof of a posthumous edition, on Japon mince. Reference: I.F.F Après 1800, p.447. Marcel Guérin, n°31. Mongan, Kornfeld, Joachim, n°53. Large margins. Work engraved during his first trip to Tahiti. 49 x 31,5 cm. A/B condition (some foxing).
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
140 - GOYA Francisco José (Fuente de Todos (Aragon) 1746 Bordeaux 1828) - "Serà lo mismo" (It will be the same thing). Original etching. Signed in the lower left corner of the composition. Reference: Harris, #141. Plate 21 of the suite of 80 pieces "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (The Disasters of War). Nice proof with margins. 23 x 32 cm. A condition.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
141 - GOYA Francisco José (Fuente de Todos (Aragon) 1746 Bordeaux 1828) - "Amarga presencia" (Bitter presence). Original etching. Signed in the lower left corner of the composition. Reference: Harris, n°133. Plate 13 of the suite of 80 pieces "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (The Disasters of War). Nice proof with margins. 23,5 x 32,3 cm. A condition.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
142 - HERVIER Adolphe (Paris 1818 1879) - "About Caen". c.1862-1864. Original etching, roulette and aquatint. Signed in the lower right corner of the plate. Ref: Béraldi, n°53. I.F.F After 1800, n°88. Proof of the 2nd state (of 3), before the engraved title, on cream laid paper. Handwritten title in brown ink under the subject. Printed by Ch. Delâtre. Good margins. 48 x 32 cm. Condition B (worm hole at the bottom of the subject, slightly faded proof).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
143 - MAUROU Paul (Avignon 1848 Paris 1931) - Poster for "L'Exposition Internationale du Centenaire de la Lithographie. Galerie Rapp, Champ de Mars". 1895. Lithograph. Signed in the plate. Printed on vellum, by Paul Dupont, 4, rue du Bouloi in Paris and stamped in purple "Affiches illustrées / Sagot / 39bis rue de Châteaudun / Paris". Very rare. Folded and not covered. 122 x 81 cm. A/B condition (some light foxing mostly in the margins, small tear at the intersection of the two middle folds, otherwi
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
144 - MERYON Charles (1821 1868) - PANORAMIC VIEW of "SAN FRANCISCO". 1856. Large etched plate. Reference : Delteil, n°73. Schneiderman, n°54. Posthumous edition printed on wove paper. Good margins. The plate was ordered for 1200 francs by the bankers Jules Beyerque and François-Alfred Pioche, specialized in real estate negotiations. It is their portraits and their initials that we see in the tablet. It seems that this engraving was intended to support a fraudulent scheme to sell shares in a fictit
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
145 - MERYON Charles (1821 1868) - "La Pompe Notre-Dame". 1852. Original etching. Signed in point under the subject on the left. Reference: Delteil n°31. Schneiderman, n°26. Proof of the 7th state 7, with the title and the address of Delâtre, on Chine brown applied. State published by the Artist. Margins. 24,5 x 32,3 cm. Condition A (Good general condition).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
146 - MERYON Charles (1821 1868) - "The Clock Tower". 1852. Original etching. Signed with the initials "C.M" in the upper right corner of the composition. Reference: Delteil, n°28. Proof of the 6th state out of 10, with the address of Auguste Delâtre, Rue St Jacques, 171 and published in the Artist. Margins. 32,5 x 24,5 cm. Condition B (some light marginal foxing).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
147 - NITTIS Giuseppe de (Italy 1846 Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1884) - "The Holoke-Go-Zen Dancer". 1873. Original etching. Signed and dated in the composition in the lower left corner. Ref: Fabio Fiorani, Rosalba Dinoia, De Nittis incisore, cat. exp. Roma, Calcografia nazionale, Roma, Artemide edizioni, 1999, 12. Proof before the letter, on japanese paper, before publication in "L'eau-forte en 1874". All margins. 36,5 x 55,5 cm. Condition A (rare small stains in the margins with slightly dusty edges).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
148 - POSSOZ Mily (Lisbon 1888 1968) - "Edge of the Seine at Meulan". 1930. Original drypoint etching and roulette. Nice proof on wove paper. Good margins. Good condition. 39 x 32 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
149 - PROUVÉ Victor (Nancy 1858 1943) - "The Opium". 1894. RARE SET OF 9 PLATES. Original lithographs, printed in colors. Plate made for the 7th issue of the Estampe originale. Nice and rare set of 9 proofs, 6 of which are trial proofs with color breakdown: - 1 proof of the plate in blue on cream vellum (without signature). -1 proof in various shades of yellow, ochre and brown on glazed vellum (without signature). -1 proof in yellow, ochre, brown and grey (without signature). -1 line proof in black o
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000 -
150 - RAFFAËLLI Jean-François (Paris 1850 1924) - "The man with the pipe". 1909. Original lithograph, in colors. Signed (upside down) in the lower right corner of the plate. Reference: Delteil, n°132. Proof on glazed wove paper. 85,5 x 61 cm. Condition B/C (a few short tears consolidated on the edges, the paper wrinkled and creased on the upper part of the subject, traces of handling...)
Estimate €300 - €400
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