Charles MÉRYON - Lot 160

Lot n° 160
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Charles MÉRYON - Lot 160
Charles MÉRYON Charles Meryon The Abside of Notre-Dame de Paris, plate from the suite Eaux-fortes sur Paris, 1854, etching, sheet 16.5 x 30 cm, cut at the copperplate mark (Delteil 38 iv/viii, Schneiderman 45 iv/ix), very beautiful and rare proof on laid paper, before the works on the right, title and number, provenance: A. Curtis and M. Loncle (without marks). "Des eaux-fortes de Meryon, l'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris, the Abside for those familiar with Meryon's work, is the most famous in the world of engraving enthusiasts, in America as well as in England and France. This piece is prized for its pleasant appearance and for the harmony of all its parts, even though the sky is, as in Meryon's other etchings, engraved with a solidity that does not, moreover, because of the will that it encloses, to the whole work, which remains perfectly homogeneous. "(L. Delteil, Meryon, Paris, 1927, p. 21). Advertisement for sale: very slight trace of passe-partout
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