Daumier Avocats Grand Escalier Justice Paris Xylography On China Watercolor

Description: DAUMIER Honoré (1808-1879) from “The Lawyer Descending the Court Steps”. Colored watercolor woodcut Very rare proof on Chinese paper Signed H.Daumier in the plate lower left. Good condition, all margins. The board (central illustration) approximately: 35.5 x 26cm. The sheet approximately: 56 x 40cm. This engraving was executed by Alfred PRUNAIRE (1837-1912) under the direction of Daumier. This board is considered the most beautiful wood engraving made by Prunaire for Daumier, given its size, subject and colors. Rare original watercolor woodcut by Alfred Prunaire, based on the work of Daumier"The Staircase of the Palace of Justice" (Daumier's original watercolor is kept at the Baltimore Museum) Alfred PRUNAIRE1837-1912 Engraver, xylographer, etcher Biography Alfred Léon Désiré Prunaire was born in Paris in 1837, son of Joseph Prunaire and Julie Boyer. He became an engraving student of Louis Paul Pierre Dumont. He exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon in 1867, wood engravings after Gustave Doré. A regular exhibitor, Prunaire became a member of the Salon des artistes français in 1884, and was rewarded during the universal exhibitions of 1889 and 1900. Beraldi recalls that he reproduced works by Daumier, Delacroix, Dunki, Pille, Popelin, Sahib, N. Saunier...In 1869, he executed for his friend Philippe Burty the frontispiece of Sonnets and etchings after Édouard Renard. According to Paul Cassirer, we also owe him a translation on wood of Manet's Olympia. Finally, from 1894, he was one of the main engravers of the Mariani Album. In the early 1870s, Prunaire owned a workshop in Valvins, where Burty was able to introduce him to Stéphane Mallarmé.Having also produced etchings of great finesse, Prunaire left behind an abundant body of work, and relatively few original works taken from his own drawings. He worked for a long time for the Chalcographie du Louvre.One of his closest friends was the painter Charles Edme Saint Marce. He lived for a long time at 7 Impasse Ronsin.Residing in Neuilly-sur-Seine, he died in 1912, the year in which Émile-Paul Frères published his 73 wood engravings accompanying the edition of Petits châteaux de Bohême by Gérard de Nerval.- Sheet fixed on the right side using 2 pieces of adhesive (scotch tape) on the back on a slightly larger sheet of cream paper Sheet size: approximately 56 x 40 cmImage size: approximately 35.5 x 26 cmCentral image in good general condition, clean and freshVarious small defects in the margins, dirt, edgesleg. dusty or yellowed, small various marks, tiny tears without gapswrinkled with small wrinkles in placesUnavoidable traces of handling, various folds on margins or corners as always cf. Visuals...Signed H.Daumier in the plate,the signature of the engraver (A.Prunaire) does not appearVery very rare print on Chinese paperSuperb engraving, very desirable -Sold in as described, as found condition

Price: 818.14 USD

Location: Fontenay sous Bois

End Time: 2025-01-28T03:19:58.000Z

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