Henri GUÉRARD (1846 - 1897): Bouquins, dessus de porte - before 1892

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Price: 5000 €

[Books, door tops]

Etching and roulette, 270 x 950 mm. Bertin 351, 3rd state/3.

Impresion of the 3rd state (of 3), with the background completed and with various additional works.

Superb impression printed on laid paper, signed H. Guérard in graphite in the lower margin. A 40 mm tear in the lower margin. Otherwise excellent condition. Good margins (sheet size: 360 x 1040 mm).

Rare.

"In a letter to Guérard dated December 15, 1895, Mr. Bing asked for, among other things: "books, lanterns, a large etching in length to be used as a decoration above a library door". An enthusiast of this kind of decoration, Guérard also used other subjects such as Japanese masks to compose these kinds of trumeaus." (Claudie Bertin: Henri Guérard, l'œuvre gravé, dissertation for l'École du Louvre, 1975, tome II, pp. 329-330, translated by us).