Description: ALPHONSE LEGROS, "LA MORT ET LE BÛCHERON" Alphonse Legros. "La Mort et le Bûcheron." Etching on off-white laid paper, 12 3/8" x 9 1/8" (image), 16 3/4" x 12" (sheet), titled below the image, center, "A. Legros pinx & sculp." below the image, left, "L'Art" below the image, left, "Imp. A. Salmon, Paris" below the image, right, all engraved; initialed ("Alphonse Legros") within the plate, lower right (1 3/4" x 5/8" piece missing from the sheet's upper right corner, well clear of the image, the upper edge shaved elsewhere; two 1/8"-diameter paper flaws to the sheet, visible against strong light only; slight adhesive remains along the sheet's left edge, verso; tipped to the backboard, verso, a 1"-square piece of acid-free tape in either upper corner). Matted; unframed. As published in "L'Art," circa 1876. The artist treated this topic, drawn from fable, in several plates; we believe this is "Death and the Woodsman," No.2. Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911.
Price: 200 USD
Location: East Hampton, New York
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
Production Technique: Etching
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Fable
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Material: Paper
Print Type: Etching
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Framing: Matted
Artist: Alphose Legros
Year of Production: 1876
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Style: Realism
Signed: Within the plate
Type: Print
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
