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La Graveur (The Printmaker)

La Graveur (The Printmaker)

Series Title: Première suite de douze eaux-fortes

Engraver: François Bonvin (French, 1817 - 1887)

Publisher: François Bonvin (French, 1817 - 1887)

Printer: Auguste Delatre (French, 1822 - 1907)

Date: 1861
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Framed: 18 1/4 x 15 3/8 x 1 in. (46.4 x 39.1 x 2.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (37.5 x 28.3 cm)
Image: 8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (21.3 x 16 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1938.226.278.156.2
Published in Revue L’Art, this dramatic work emphasizes the contrast between light and dark, with a dense web of lines to suggest deep shadows. The solitary figure of an etcher, slumped over at his table, toils in his studio by lamplight. The print reveals an artist completely absorbed in his work, emphasizing the physical demands of the medium of etching, rather than romantic notions of the act of creativity.
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