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 in a clandestine meeting,
gathering information.
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. 6 from La Fille Aux Yeux D'or (Henri in clandestine meeting)
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: Page 69, with no text on front or back.
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.
