Pierre de Coninck, Les Confetti, photogravure 1881
"Les Confetti", a genuine photogravure after the painting by Pierre de Coninck, engraved and etched by Goupil, 1881; printed on heavy stock paper; signed in plate "Pierre de Coninck, Pinx." and "Gravure Goupil et Cie."
The painting "Les Confetti" was exhibited in the Salon in 1873, and won a third class medal.
Pierre Louis de Coninck (1828-1910), French painter. In 1850, he was trained at the workshop of Leon Cogniet. In 1851, de Coninck was admitted to the School of Fine Arts, Paris. In 1855, he became second in the competition for the Prix de Rome, and spent the next four years in Italy. In 1857, he began to exhibit his work at the Paris Salon. In 1863, Napoleon III commissioned him a painting "Christ Blessing the Children" for the Saint-Pierre church in Montmartrein Paris, currently in the Lille museum. His paintings are also exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
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) --------- $22.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-8 weeks) ---- $31.50
Condition Report: Heavy stock paper, design 7.1/2/16" x 10" [190mm x 250mm], the entire plate 11" x c.14" [280mm x 355mm]; a little foxing and a little soiling, very good condition. An additional sheet with the explanatory text by Goupil is present.
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"Les Confetti", a genuine photogravure after the painting by Pierre de Coninck, engraved and etched by Goupil, 1881; printed on heavy stock paper; signed in plate "Pierre de Coninck, Pinx." and "Gravure Goupil et Cie."
The painting "Les Confetti" was exhibited in the Salon in 1873, and won a third class medal.
Pierre Louis de Coninck (1828-1910), French painter. In 1850, he was trained at the workshop of Leon Cogniet. In 1851, de Coninck was admitted to the School of Fine Arts, Paris. In 1855, he became second in the competition for the Prix de Rome, and spent the next four years in Italy. In 1857, he began to exhibit his work at the Paris Salon. In 1863, Napoleon III commissioned him a painting "Christ Blessing the Children" for the Saint-Pierre church in Montmartrein Paris, currently in the Lille museum. His paintings are also exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
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) --------- $22.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c 2-8 weeks) ---- $31.50
Condition Report: Heavy stock paper, design 7.1/2/16" x 10" [190mm x 250mm], the entire plate 11" x c.14" [280mm x 355mm]; a little foxing and a little soiling, very good condition. An additional sheet with the explanatory text by Goupil is present.
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