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Blindstamp lower right in margin
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| Artist: Gaston Darbour, French (1869-) |
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Item: em13
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Title: Jeune Fille aux Coquelicots
(Young girl with Poppies) |
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Description: Cond.
A+, Original Lithograph,
issued by L'Estampe
Moderne
Issue Number 4, August 1897.
Printed by F. Champenois, Paris.
Blindstamp lower right in margin.
Signed in the stone upper left.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat,
with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat.
Certificate of Authenticity.
See our Terms
of Sale
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| Sheet Size: |
12 in x 16 in |
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30.5 cm x 40.5 cm |
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Price: temporarily out of
stock
(Like many of my most sought after images I am usually able to
locate this for clients. email me for a price estimate, Greg)
To Request |
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Field of Poppies
Gaston Charles Guillaume Darbour was born in Sedan in the Ardennes.
At the age of 14 Darbour, enthused by the illustrations in a periodical,
told his parents he wanted to be an artist. Unimpressed, they sent
him abroad - to Germany, Austria, and England - in the hope that he
would forget his foolish dream. But at the age of 20 Gaston Darbour
enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs, and subsequently studied
under Jules Lefebvre and Jean Benjamin-Constant at the Beaux-Arts.
These years of study he subsequently declared "useless". It was not
until a friend took him to visit Félicien Rops that he discovered
his true métier. Rops took one look at Darbour's sketchbook and told
him to take up printmaking.
Most of Gaston Darbour's etchings were proofed in very small numbers.
It seems he did not need to make a living from his art, or to make
his way in the hustle and bustle of the Paris art market; cushioned
by private means, he lived a peaceful life in the Château d'Uzos,
near Pau. Darbour regularly exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale
des Beaux-Arts. (Idbury Prints)
Mucha Cover
Not unlike the Maitre de L'Affiche series, L'Estampe
Moderne was a portfolio printed between 1897-98, published
by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris, contained 24 monthly portfolios,
with four original lithographs in each. Each commissioned only for
this series. Some of the contributing artists included Mucha, Rhead,
Meunier, Ibels, Steinlen, Willette and Grasset.
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