Jules Bastien-Lepage, Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt 1881
"Sarah Bernhardt", a genuine photogravure after the painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage [1806-1882], engraved and etched by Goupil, 1881; printed on heavy stock paper; signed in plate "Jules Bastien-Lepage, Pinx." and "Gravure Goupil et Cie."
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that emerged from the later phase of the Realist movement. His Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1879), painted in a light key, won him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
In 1870s-1890s, Goupil & Cie were the leading art dealers in 19th century France, with headquarters in Paris and a network of branches in London, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin and Vienna, as well as in New York and Australia. Instrumental for this expansion was the "Ateliers Photographiques", a plant north of Paris, in Asnieres, which took up its work in 1869. The photogravures created in this plant dominated the world art market of 1880s-1890s.
The creation of the photogravure plate was a complicated process requiring a work by a photographer and experienced master-engraver. First, a copper plate was coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio print that can reproduce the detail and continuous tones of a photograph. It is a manual process. Therefore, the quality of the photogravure depends on the masterly execution by the engraver.
Due to relative softness of copper, the editions of photogravures were limited to a few thousand copies similarly to copper engravings and etchings.
Artwork will be mailed unframed.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $18.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-8 weeks) ---- $29.50
Condition Report: Heavy stock paper, design 7.1/2" x 9.7/8" [193mm x 250mm], the entire plate 9.3/4" x c.12.1/4" [248mm x 331mm]; a little foxing and a little soiling, very good condition.
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"Sarah Bernhardt", a genuine photogravure after the painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage [1806-1882], engraved and etched by Goupil, 1881; printed on heavy stock paper; signed in plate "Jules Bastien-Lepage, Pinx." and "Gravure Goupil et Cie."
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that emerged from the later phase of the Realist movement. His Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1879), painted in a light key, won him the cross of the Legion of Honor.
In 1870s-1890s, Goupil & Cie were the leading art dealers in 19th century France, with headquarters in Paris and a network of branches in London, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin and Vienna, as well as in New York and Australia. Instrumental for this expansion was the "Ateliers Photographiques", a plant north of Paris, in Asnieres, which took up its work in 1869. The photogravures created in this plant dominated the world art market of 1880s-1890s.
The creation of the photogravure plate was a complicated process requiring a work by a photographer and experienced master-engraver. First, a copper plate was coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio print that can reproduce the detail and continuous tones of a photograph. It is a manual process. Therefore, the quality of the photogravure depends on the masterly execution by the engraver.
Due to relative softness of copper, the editions of photogravures were limited to a few thousand copies similarly to copper engravings and etchings.
Artwork will be mailed unframed.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $18.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-8 weeks) ---- $29.50
Condition Report: Heavy stock paper, design 7.1/2" x 9.7/8" [193mm x 250mm], the entire plate 9.3/4" x c.12.1/4" [248mm x 331mm]; a little foxing and a little soiling, very good condition.
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