Engravings & Drawings: Old and Modern Masters
Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 14:00
9 rue de Provence, 75009 Paris
330 lots
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202 - (HISTORY, POLITICS) Poster: "Communist Goals and Plans. "Promote pornography and obscenity everywhere"—circa 1960. Letterpress. By the Canadian newspaper Vers Demain. (237 × 280 mm). Condition A-: fragile center fold with a small tear at the bottom.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
203 - (MILITARY PORTRAIT) ANONYMOUS - "La Grange" - 19th century. Lithograph on vellum paper depicting General Joseph La Grange. (445 x 300 mm) - Condition A-: Waterstains, dust.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
205 - (IMAGERIE-THELATIQUE-BOULANGER) Jean CHIEZE (1898–1975) – “Saint Honoré, Patron Saint of Bakers.” - 20th century. Woodcut colored with a stencil on laid paper by Jean Chieze. (400 x 310 mm) - Grade A. Good condition, with water damage on the left side of the print.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
206 - (IMAGERY-THELATIC-SEWING) Jean CHIEZE (1898–1975) — “Saint Catherine, Patron Saint of Tailors” — 20th century. Woodcut, hand-colored with a stencil on laid paper by Jean Chieze. (400 x 310 mm) - Grade A. Good condition; water stain on the left side of the print.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
207 - (OPTICS) Victor LEVASSEUR (1800–1870) — "Illustrated National Atlas of the 86 Departments and Possessions of France" — 1845. Frontispiece of the Illustrated National Atlas of the 86 Departments and Possessions of France. (365 × 450 mm) - Condition A: Slight dust.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
208 - (19th-OPTICS) Claude-François FORTIER (1775–1835) — “Time, which destroys all things, gives existence to all: from the ruins you see, I was born” — 19th century. Anthropomorphic landscape engraved by Claude-François Fortier. (245 x 325 mm) - Grade A. Good overall condition. Slight foxing.
Result €520Estimate €200 - €300 -
209 - (OPTICS) "There's the mandrill! ... Look for the cat and her kitten"—19th or 20th century. Engraving depicting an optical illusion. On vellum. (145 × 104 mm). Condition A-: foxing
Estimate €100 - €200 -
210 - (ART) "Find the Ox" - 19th century. Engraving. On vellum paper. (117 x 119 mm). Condition B: water stain; lower left corner is dog-eared
Estimate €50 - €80 -
211 - (OPTICS) DARJOU, Henri-Alfred (1832–1874) — “Paris in Winter” — 19th century. Lithograph by Deslouche, published by Martinet in Paris. On vellum paper. (360 x 270 mm). Condition A-: slight yellowing of the paper
Estimate €150 - €200 -
212 - (OPTIQUE-DIABLE) LE POITTEVIN, Eugène (1806–1870) — “Diableries” — 1833. Lithograph by Kaeppelin on vellum paper. (203 × 262 mm). Condition A-: foxing
Estimate €80 - €120 -
213 - (AEROSTATICS) Postcard “To Victor Mottard, in memory of my ascent on September 23, 1900, Altitude Contest 6,800 m" featuring a photograph of a balloon during an altitude contest in Paris in 1900. (140 x 90 mm). Condition A-: slight dusting
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
214 - (TRANSPORTATION-AUTOMOBILES) Booklet titled “Gasoline-Powered Automobiles: The Amédée Bollée System” – circa 1900. Complete paperback booklet (133 x 223 mm). Condition B: front cover torn
Result €125Estimate €80 - €120 -
215 - (SCREEN) Etienne JEAURAT (1699–1789, after) — “The Woman in Labor” — 1744. The woman on the right is holding a face screen in her hand. The inscription reads: “This lovely affliction—Love troubles the beautiful. Each one wishes to test it, and this desire often leads the most cruel to experience it without consulting Hymen.” Engraving. On laid paper. (204 × 144 mm). Condition B: small stains that do not affect the subject; lower right corner torn.
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
216 - (CARTOON) Théodore MAURISSET (1805–1860) — “The Grandest Subscription Office for *La Caricature provisoire* and Artists’ New Year’s Gift Shop...” - 19th century. Front page of issue No. 6 of the satirical newspaper *La Caricature provisoire*. Illustration by Théodore Maurisset. (350 x 245 mm) - Condition A-. Light foxing, creases.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
217 - (CARTOON) Alfred LE PETIT (1841–1809) – “Auguste Guillaume and His Auguste Augusta” – 19th century. A caricature from the Franco-Prussian War depicting King William I of Prussia (future Emperor of Germany) and his wife, Queen Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. A pre-print engraving, hand-colored using a stencil on fine paper, by Alfred Le Petit. Second sheet, identical print on fine blue paper. (370 x 280 mm) - Condition A-: Slight creases.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
218 - (CARTOON) Alfred LE PETIT (1841–1809) - "Leboeuf by...Zut" - 19th century. Cartoon from the Franco-Prussian War depicting Marshal Edmond Lebœuf. Early engraving on fine blue paper, by Alfred Le Petit. Second page: identical stencil-printed color print on fine paper. (370 x 280 mm) - Condition A-: Slight creases.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
219 - Alfred LE PETIT (1841–1809) – “The Spanish V…” – 19th century. A caricature of the Franco-Prussian War depicting Empress Eugénie and the deposed imperial family in the wake of the disaster of the Franco-Prussian War. Stencil-colored engraving on fine paper, by Alfred Le Petit. Second page, identical pre-letter print on fine cream-colored paper. (370 x 280 mm) - Condition A-: Slight creases.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
220 - (CARTOON) BOUQUET, Auguste (1810–1846), signed in the lower left corner of the plate) — “Pere-Scie” — 1832. Original lithograph. On vellum paper. Caricature from *La Caricature* (No. 85). (266 × 360 mm). Condition A-: one water stain, otherwise in good overall condition
Estimate €200 - €300 -
221 - (CARTOON) RONLANDSON - "A Lamentable Case of a Jury-Man" - 1815. Engraving on laid paper. Watermark dated 1797. (265 x 400 mm). Condition B-: sun-faded, yellowed paper, one small hole
Estimate €100 - €200 -
222 - (CARTOON) DAUMIER, Honoré (1808–1879) — “The Sick Man” — 1835. Original lithograph for the *Revue des Peintures*. On laid paper. 2nd state of 3. (285 × 204 mm). Condition A-: foxing
Estimate €120 - €150 -
223 - (CARTOON) DAUMIER, Honoré (1808–1879) — “Hey! That pain… li… li… li…” — 1834. Lithograph published in *Le Charivari*. Published by L. de Becquet in Paris and by Aubert. Condition A-: yellowing of the paper
Estimate €80 - €120 -
224 - (CARTOON) DAUMIER, Honoré (1808–1879) — “Cancellations and Cartoons Are the Poor Constitutionalist’s Nightmare” — 1834. Lithograph signed on the plate. Published by Aubert and L. de la Becquet. (323 × 500 mm). Condition A-: yellowing of the paper. Mounted on heavy paper. Tears.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
225 - (TRADES) HUET, Christophe (1700–1759, after) — “The Knife Grinder” — 18th century. Engraving on laid paper from the series “Singerie, or Various Aspects of Human Life Depicted by Monkeys,” printed by J. Guélard in Paris. (184 x 326 mm) Condition A-: overall good condition, slight dusting.
Estimate €60 - €80 -
226 - (FIREFIGHTERS) "Rescue using a hook ladder by a firefighter"—circa 1870. Drawing and gouache. On card stock. (245 × 158 mm). Condition A: overall good condition.
Result €260Estimate €200 - €300 -
227 - (SCIENCES) EDELFELT, Albert (1854–1905) — “Louis Pasteur in His Studio” — 1889. A beautiful engraving of the eponymous painting housed at the Musée d’Orsay and exhibited at the 1886 Salon, which earned Edelfelt the Legion of Honor. On vellum paper. (Paper: 665 × 510 mm. Image: 500 × 420 mm). Condition A-: reinforcement on the reverse
Estimate €200 - €300 -
228 - (LITERATURE, THEATER) COCHIN, Charles-Nicolas (1715–1790) — “Portrait of Pierre-Antoine Laplace” — 1762. Engraving. On laid paper (195 × 150 mm). Condition A-: stains, dust
Estimate €80 - €100 -
229 - (THEATER) Jeremias WOLFF (1663–1724) — "La reprensentacion dela Comedia Spanola" - 18th century. Color engraving on laid paper, with illustrations from Augsburg, likely published in Augsburg by the famous Baroque art publisher Jeremias Wolff (1663–1724). (260 x 400 mm) - Grade B. Creases, stains, heavily dusty.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
230 - (MUSIC) - "Henri Rabaud" - circa 1920. Original etching signed in pencil. On vellum paper. (Paper: 335 x 509 mm. Image: 275 x 350 mm). Condition A-: yellowing of the paper
Estimate €150 - €200 -
231 - (FASHION) Advertising booklet for "Petit Matelot" - 1933. Complete paperback booklet. (210 x 135 mm). Condition A: overall good condition
Estimate €100 - €200 -
232 - (15th-Century Artist) Erhard Schön - "Portrait of Albrecht Dürer" - 1527. Engraving. On fine paper. (310 x 265 mm). Condition A-: slight dusting
Estimate €200 - €300 -
233 - (17th-Century Artist) Stefano DELLA BELLA (1610–1664) – “Harbor Landscape” – 17th century. Engraving. On paper mounted on cardstock. (125 × 260 mm). Condition A-: dusty
Result €50Estimate €50 - €100 -
234 - (17th-Century Artist) Stefano DELLA BELLA (1610–1664) – “Rural Landscape” – 17th century. Engraving. On paper mounted on cardstock. (125 × 260 mm). Condition A-: dusty
Estimate €50 - €100 -
235 - (17th-Century Artist) Simon VOUET (1590–1649, after), Michel DORIGNY (1616–1665, engraver) — "The Martyrdom of Saint Eustace," originally painted by Vouet for the high altar of the Church of Saint Eustace in Paris—1633. Engraving. On mounted paper. (520 × 370 mm). Condition A-: no margin, short tears, dust
Estimate €100 - €200 -
236 - (18th-Century Artist) LE BARBIER, Jean-Jacques-François (1738–1826) - "Dumouriez arrests Beurnoville" (from the English, "General Dumouriez arrests Minister of War Beurnoville" - circa 1800. Engraving by James Prand. (410 × 280 mm). Condition A-: foxing and yellowing of the paper
Result €210Estimate €120 - €150 -
237 - (18th-Century Artist) BERGMÜLLER, Johann Georg (1688–1762) - Set of 4 engravings depicting Saint John the Baptist, Saint John, and Saint James the Less—18th century. Engravings on laid paper, two of which are mounted on paper. (100 × 65 mm). Condition B: stains
Estimate €150 - €200 -
238 - (18th-Century Artist) BRAUN, Adam Johann (1748–1827, after) — "The Seducer" — 1786. Engraving by L. Mark dedicated to “His Highness the Prince of Galitzin, Russian Ambassador to the Court of Vienna.” On card stock. (460 × 330 mm). Condition A-: dusty
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
239 - (18th-Century Artist) GARNEREY, Jean-François (1755–1837, after) — “Portrait of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu” — 1793. Engraving by Pierre-Michel Alix. On vellum. (310 × 275 mm). Condition A-: yellowing of the paper, small tear in the left margin.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
240 - (18th-Century Artist) Vicente LÓPEZ PORTAÑA (1772–1850) – “Portrait of Francisco Goya” – 1866. Engraving by Jules Léopold Boilly, published in the magazine *L'artiste* in 1866. On vellum paper. Bears a collector’s mark. (320 × 222 mm). Condition A-: slight foxing
Estimate €100 - €200 -
241 - (18th-Century Artist) François LE ROY DE LIANCOURT - "Le Petit Montagnard" - circa 1800. Engraving by Alexandre Chaponnier. On vellum paper. (440 x 300 mm). Condition B: restoration on the back, water stain
Estimate €100 - €200 -
242 - (18th-Century Artist) SUBLEYRAS, Pierre (1699–1749, after) — “Christ and the Sinner Woman in Simon’s House” — 18th century. Original etching on laid paper. Printed in red chalk. Bears the Galland collection mark. (290 × 636 mm). Condition B: numerous foxing spots, dust
Estimate €300 - €400 -
243 - (18th-Century Artist) VIEN, Joseph-Marie (1716–1809) — “La Marchande d’amours” — 1778. Engraving by BEAUVARLET, Jacques-Firmin (1731–1797, signed) from the original drawing. On thick vellum paper, signed in pencil (barely visible) by Vien (410 × 480 mm). Condition A-: water stain in the lower part
Estimate €200 - €300 -
244 - (18th century) Jean-Jacques DE BOISSIEU (1736–1810) — “Sunrise” — 18th century. Engraving on laid paper by Jean-Jacques De Boissieu, after Le Lorrain. (180 x 235 mm) - Grade A-. Pigmented paper, one stain in the right margin.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
245 - (19th century) "Portrait of a Grenadier" - 19th century. Drawing in black pencil and charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, depicting Auguste Raffet on cream-colored paper. (subject: 370 x 260 mm) - Condition A-: A few foxing spots, surface scuffs. Mounted on Marie Louise paper.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
246 - (19th century) F. ALGUIER - "Louis Pasteur" - 19th century. Drawing in black pencil and charcoal, highlighted with white chalk by F. Alguier in 1880 on bluish laid paper, signed and dated in the lower left corner. (240 × 200 mm) - Condition A-: signs of handling, short tears along the edges, and thumbtack holes in all four corners.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
247 - (19th Century—School of Paris) Henri de Waroquier (1881–1970) — “Self-Portrait—Drawing of My Grandfather Jean-Louis de Waroquier, Painter, 1811–1887” — 20th Century. Self-portrait drawing in black pencil by Henri de Waroquier, 1939, on bluish laid paper, signed and dated at the subject’s shoulder. On the reverse, a black-pencil drawing of the artist’s grandfather. School of Paris. (390 x 260 mm) - Condition B: signs of handling, stains, short tears, and missing sections along
Estimate €300 - €400 -
248 - (19th-CORSICA-20) ANONYMOUS - “Bastia” - 19th century. Black pencil drawing on cream-colored vellum paper. Titled “Bastia” in the lower right corner. (230 × 300 mm) - Condition A: Good overall condition. Very slight creasing at the bottom.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
249 - (19th century) Jean-Louis DEMARNE (1744–1829) – “Forest Landscape” – 19th century. Ink and watercolor drawing on brown vellum paper by Jean-Louis Demarne. (575 × 425 mm) - Condition A-: Soiling, a few creases, brown spots.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
250 - (19th century) J. POINAT - "Alleyway in the Full Moon" - 19th century. Watercolor and black ink on blue vellum paper by J. Poinat, signed in the lower left corner. (480 x 320 mm) - Condition A-: Good overall condition. Short tears along the edges, reinforced.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
251 - (19th Century—Lyon School) Augustin Alexandre THIERRIAT (1789–1870) — “Bouquet of Wildflowers” — 19th century. Watercolor on brown vellum paper by Augustin Alexandre Thierriat, signed, located, and dated in the lower right corner. (240 × 300 mm) - Condition A: Good overall condition. Mounted on Marie-Louise board.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
252 - (19th Century—Lyon School) Joseph BRUNIER (1860–1929) — “Study of an Infant” — 19th Century. Black pencil sketch on brown vellum by Joseph Brunier, signed in the lower right corner. (315 x 235 mm) - Condition A: Good overall condition. Mounted on Marie-Louise board.
Estimate €100 - €200
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