Untitled Etching #1

 

This etching by Jacques Camus is an illustration from the book The Girl With the Golden Eyes, a tale by Honore de Balzac, and published in a new deluxe edition in 1944.  The image shows Paquita Valdes, the heroine of the tale, riding in a carriage.

 

This etching is a strong impression in black ink with clearly visible plate marks. The image is one of the full-page impressions on fine watermarked Johannot wove paper with no text. This etching came from book number 65 from a total edition of 90 in this paper. (Numbers 1 through 10 were printed on a different variation of Johannot paper; numbers 11 through 100 were printed on this paper; numbers 101 through 300 were printed on Marias paper. Total edition size in all papers is 300.)

 

Title:                      Untitled Etching No. 1 from La Fille Aux Yeux D'or(Paquita Valdes riding in a carriage)

Artist:                    Jacques Camus (French)

Image Size:             8-5/8 inches H x 6 inches W (21.9 cm x 15.2 cm)

Plate Mark Size:       8-7/8 inches H x 6-1/4 inches W (22.5 cm x 15.8 cm)

Sheet Size:             12.5 inches H x 9-3/4 inches W (31.8 cm x 24.7 cm)

Book Page Size:       12.5 inches H x 19-1/2 inches W (31.8 cm x 49.5 cm)

Paper Type:            Johannot wove with in lower left of each double-size book page.

Date:                     1947

 

Condition:  Strong impression on off-white watermarked Johannot paper. Paper has very slight toning at the edges.

 

Original Book Location:  Frontespiece.

 

J D Smith Fine Art will provide a Certification of Authenticity.  A photocopy of the title page and the Tirage de Justification page for the book will be provided to the buyer.

 

Price is $19.00 USD.  Shipping cost is $6 USD to North America. The piece will be shipped insured, wrapped in acid-free tissue in a heavy cardboard flat pack.