Boutet - Woman at Fireplace

Henri Boutet (1851-1919), [Femme, Woman Facing a Fireplace], c. 1890, drypoint, signed and numbered (N. 2) in pencil lower right and with the artist’s red stamp (Lugt 1295a). In good condition, with wide/full margins (brown at edges), 7 1/2 x 5, the sheet 12 1/4 x 8 3/4.

A fine impression, with substantial burr from the drypoint work.

Boutet was one of the most talented of the Belle Epoque artists. He made a number of small drypoint portraits of women in tiny editions, or women in various Japonisme related postures.  These prints, carefully printed, wiped and signed, are rather rarely encountered today, although reproductions of Boutet’s work are quite common. He became popular as an illustrator for magazines such as the Paris-Croquis and Le Courrier Francais, and later founded publications including La Revue Artistique. He was well known at the turn of the century as “le Petit maître au corset” – the small master of the corset.

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Henri Boutet (1851-1919), Woman Facing Left, drypoint, c. 1895, signed in pencil lower right and inscribed 1re etat (first state). Reference: Henri Beraldi, Les Gravures du XIX Siecle, Vol. 2, p. 176. In excellent condition, printed on a wove paper with full margins, 8 1/4 x 6 1/8, the sheet 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, archival matting.

With the red Boutet stamp (Lugt Supp. 1295a).

A fine impression, with much burr from the drypoint work, and a veil of plate tone around the head of the woman.

Boutet was one of the most talented of the Belle Epoque artists. He made a number of small drypoint portraits of women in tiny editions (20 or so), of which this example is a first state proof. These prints, carefully printed, wiped and signed, are rather rarely encountered today, although reproductions of Boutet’s work are quite common. He became popular as an illustrator for magazines such as the Paris-Croquis and Le Courrier Francais, and later founded publications including La Revue Artistique. He was well known at the turn of the century as “le Petit maître au corset” – the small master of the corset.

Henri Boutet (1851-1919), [La Jeune Fille] (Young Girl),  drypoint and soft ground etching, c. 1895, signed in pencil lower right and inscribed 1re etat (first state), also inscribed “etui et verni mou” [drypoint and soft ground etching].  Reference: Henri Beraldi, Les Gravures du XIX Siecle, Vol. 2, p. 176. In excellent condition, printed on a wove paper with full margins, 7 x 5 1/8, the sheet 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, archival matting. With the red Boutet stamp (Lugt Supp. 1295a).

A fine impression of this charming, perhaps uncharacteristically innocent, image, printed in a rich black/gray ink.

Boutet was one of the most talented of the Belle Epoque artists. He made a number of small drypoint portraits of women in tiny editions (20 or so), of which this example is a first state proof. These prints, carefully printed, wiped, signed, and stamped with Boutet’s stamp, are rarely encountered today, although reproductions of Boutet’s work are quite common. Boutet became popular as an illustrator for magazines such as the Paris-Croquis and Le Courrier Francais, and later founded publications including La Revue Artistique. He was well known at the turn of the century as “le Petit maître au corset” – the small master of the corset.

Detail

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