Auction on
12 May 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) -
3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris
Printing techniques have offered artists new ways of expressing themselves since the 15th century.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Man with a Pipe (Portrait of Doctor Gachet), 1890, etching and drypoint, sanguine printing on Arches watermarked laid paper, annotated by Doctor Gachet, 14.8 x 18 cm/5.82 x 7.08 in. Estimate: €60,000/80,000
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Man with a Pipe (Portrait of Doctor Gachet), 1890, etching and drypoint, sanguine printing on Arches watermarked laid paper, annotated by Doctor Gachet, 14.8 x 18 cm/5.82 x 7.08 in. Estimate: €60,000/80,000
This sale starts with a fitting subject, L'Imprimeur ( The Printer ), a 1642 etching by Abraham Bosse showing how to make drypoint plates (33 x 26 cm/13 x 10.2 in, €800/1,000). The oldest technique for this type of engraving uses the burin,…
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