GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Gravures XIX e -XX e s. – Prenten 19de-20ste eeuw
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DEBUCOURT, Philibert-Louis - [Copperplate]. «La Marchande
de coco». Paris, Ch. Bance, C. 1817.
36 x 27 cm (picture : 32 x 23,5 cm), signed below «Dessiné par Cle. Vernet / Gravé
par Debucourt», mention «Déposé à la Direction» (some sm. margin. stains).
150 / 250 €
Plate num. 3 from the 5th issue of a suite named «Collection de costumes
dessinés d’après nature par Carle Vernet». Beautiful engraving by the Parisian
artist Debucourt (1755-1832), showing a young woman with her drinking
fountain serving a cup ‘coco’ to a soldier. This refreshing beverage made from
liquorice and lemon water was very popular in the 19th c. and the «marchand(e)
de coco» was a typical figure in the lively streets of Paris at the time.
Ref. Cat. Musée Carnavalet, inventory num. G.1167.
Prov. «Mamet S.r / Anc[ien]ne maison Molhérat / 2bis imp[asse] Lebouis Paris»
(engr. on the back).
456
DONNAY, Auguste - Dans les bois, la nuit. Femme de profil.
Aquatinte et eau-forte, 19,7 x 13 cm, chine à toutes marges 38 x 28 cm,
non signée ni datée (petit manque de papier dans la marge inf., qqs pâles
rouss. marg.). Retenue par les coins sup. et le coin inf. g., sous passepartout.
80 / 100 €
rendu. Quelques-uns sont irréprochables et on voit que Dubost avait
consciencieusement étudié le cheval» (Mennessier de la Lance). The plates are
accompanied with a parallel title and text in French and English. It is mentioned
on the front. pl. that the work includes portraits of «the most celebrated running
horses in 1809» whilst also showing «the life of the race horse from the moment
of his entering the stud till that of his being put up to auction». Dubost owned
and rode horses in a number of important races himself. As such, he was able
to concentrate on both painting and racing of horses. After a period in the
French army, Dubost went to England in 1806. There, attracted by the high
quality of racing in Newmarket, he painted 12 canvases on which the present
print series is based. In 1825 he became involved in a dispute over «un pavillon»
with his architect neighbour which culminated in a tragic duel during which both
protagonists were killed. Our copy does not include the 2-leaf «Addition» (in
French only), probably a separate publication, sometimes found with the work
(Mennessier de la Lance).
Ref. Dejager 719 (= Podechi 106, Snelgrove 70, Buckley 45). - Mennessier de la
Lance I:413. - BnF.
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ENSOR, James - Barques échouées. 1888.
Eau-forte, 17,8 x 23,9 cm, japon vergé feutré (25 x 34 cm à vue); signée et datée
dans la pl. en bas à dr. (f. lég. brunie, qqs rouss., collée en plein ?, verso pelucheux).
Sous vitre et cadre de bois mouluré (décadrée).
400 / 500 €
Attribuée sur le passe-partout à Donnay mais aussi à Odilon Redon, sans doute
par analogie à la lithographie «Vieux chevalier».
457
DUBOST, Antoine - Newmarket. Collection d’onze planches
lithographiques, représentant la vue de Newmarket, et la vie du
cheval de course depuis l’instant où il est dans le haras jusqu’à
celui de sa vente [...]. A collection of eleven plates, executed in
lithography [...]. Paris, Chez l’Auteur, 1818.
Large folio oblong: 11 text ff. and 11 lithogr. (dampstaining on the upper margins,
tear in blank margin of text f. 10, overall some min. spotting). Contemp. half
cloth with corners over patterned boards, unfresh binding (spine def.). Very nice
copy.
1.200 / 1.500 €
First edition of Dubost’s rare and intriguing series of lithographs of Newmarket.
Complete with front. and 10 very early black & white lithographed plates
by Dubost after his paintings made at Newmarket in 1809. «Le dessin n’est
pas sans mérite, le modèle des chevaux est bien choisi et correctement
1er état (ou 2e état ?, sur 3), difficile à déterminer.
Réf. Taevernier 49.
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