GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures XIX e -XX e s. – Prenten 19de-20ste eeuw
434
BOONEN, Jac - «Karnaval». 1935.
Etching, 70 x 85,2 cm, vellum paper; titled and numb. 8/100 in graphite pencil
lower left, signed lower right (browned, some foxing). Passe-partout, glass and
silver wooden frame (not studied outside frame).
200 / 300 €
An incredibly crowded parade with the Christ in the foreground.
437
BRANGWYN, Frank - The Last of HMS «Britannia». 1917.
Zinc engraving, 80,7 x 55,2 cm; vellum paper, signed in graphite pencil lower left
(remains of hard brown paper on verso edges).
200 / 300 €
435
BOONEN, Jac - «De Morgen» [The morning]. 1933.
Etching, 40,8 x 52,5 cm, light brown vellum paper; titled in graphite pencil lower
left, signed and dated lower right (browned sheet).
100 / 150 €
In a shipyard the wreck of the old training ship «Britannia» is being dismantled.
Ref. Marechal p. 249.
Workers labouring from dawn, lost in a huge building site. The themes of
the Flemish artist Boonen (1911-1968) are: crowds in alien surroundings,
monstrosities and portraits of artists and writers.
Joined, same artist: «Oogst» [Harvest]. Engr., 19 x 31,5 cm, light brown vellum
paper; titled and signed below with graphite pencil (marg. waterstains). (2 pcs)
438
CASSIERS, Henri - Vue de Dordrecht et du bras de la Meuse.
S.d.
Eau-forte tirée en bistre, 12,3 x 17,6 cm, japon 17,5 x 22 cm (à vue); signée dans le
cuivre en bas à dr. Passe-partout, vitre et cadre de bois.
100 / 120 €
436
BRANGWYN, Frank - Church of Notre-Dame, Eu [Normandy].
1909.
Etching, 59,5 x 77 cm; vellum paper, signed in graphite pencil lower left (light
water stain lower center). Passe-partout, glass, wooden frame (not studied outside
frame).
150 / 250 €
In front of our Lady’s Church we see a fair in full swing. The print reminds us
Ensor’s «The Cathedral» of 1886. Second state (of 2). Only 2 proofs of the 1st
state are known.
Ref. Marechal p. 213.
ARENBERG AUCTIONS • 19.10.2019 • 129