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BROUET Auguste
FICHE 12809
(Paris 1872 - 1941)
Les rétameurs (2nd plate)
etching
1931
A nice impression on wove paper, artist's proof numbered 5/10. Blindstamp of the Cercle de la Librairie (Lugt 438).
Born and died in Paris, Auguste Brouet was first taught by a lithographer, and went later at the School of Fine Arts where he was noticed by Gustave Moreau. He learned engraving with Auguste Delâtre and began, in 1888, an series of views and types of Paris and its "zone".
Plate: 160 x 200 mm.
Sheet: 280 x 380 mm.
References: Ba 329
Condition: slight mount-staining.
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