Gatier - Le Salon de M. Doucet, rue de la Paix

Pierre Gatier (1878-1944), Le Salon de M. Doucet, rue de la Paix, or Chez le Couturier, colored etching and aquatint in three plates, 1911, signed in pencil lower right, and numbered lower left (18) [also signed in the plate]. Reference: F. Gatier 76, only state. From the edition of 125, as editioned by Georges Petit, and with the blindstamp lower left of the Cercle de la Librairie (Lugt 438). 10 1/2 x 17 3/4, the sheet 14 3/8 x 19 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Galerie Grillon, Paris

A fine fresh impression.

Georges Petit published Gatier’s prints from about 1909 to 1911; thereafter he was published by Edmond Sagot, and then Marcel Guiot. Gatier’s prints are elegant examples of Belle Epoque sensibility; his work was carefully thought out and in fact he wrote a lone treatise on the use of color in these aquatints, much of which was published recently in the fine catalogue raisonne of his work compiled by Felix Gatier.  In this treatise Gatier notes that Le Salon de M. Doucet was made from three plates: yellow, blue and red, and that there is no black ink used in the plate.

Jacques Doucet was a famous couturier, the founder of the Parisian Iconography Society, and a great fan of Gatier – he bought more than sixty Gatier prints, and numerous engravings, drawings and watercolors.  The men became friends, and Gatier was the only artist allowed into Doucet’s workshop, enabling him to create the busy scene in Le Salon de M. Doucet.

$1400

Pierre Gatier (1878-1948), La Toilette (also known as Le Rimmel or L’elegante a sa Toilette), 1911, preliminary  drawing in pencil, ink and watercolor for the etching and aquatint, signed in color lower right and and inscribed “aquarelle dessin pour L’Eegantes de Monmartre”.  The reference for the print is  Felix Gatier 81, from the series L’Elegantes de Montmarte, 1911″ (4 plates), as edited by George Petit, and published in a suite of 100. In very good condition (some handling folds toward the outer edges), on a light simile Japan wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins, 8 5/8 x 12 1/2, the sheet 14 x 21 5/8 inches.

The drawing outlines the complete composition of the final etching and aquatint, but focuses the coloration on the central figure; the rest of the composition is delineated in both pencil and ink. The size of the drawing is about the same as the print.  The woman in the drawing has a softer expression, less stern than in the print; her stockings are black,  her undergarment white with pink trim, and unlike the print, she wears a white headband.

In Le Rimmel (eyeliner) Gatier captures the spirit of the Belle Epoque, and demonstrates his facility with aquatint, and the method of using three color plates which apparently fascinated him – he wrote a treatise on the method, which is re-printed in the recently published catalogue raisonne of his prints.

Le Rimmel is the second plate of a series of four, showing a women of Montmarte waking, dressing (Le Rimmel), shopping, and then going out on the town. This is – in our view – the most interesting depiction in the series.

The drawing and print are sold as a pair.

$3200 the pair

The Print - see separate entry

Pierre Gatier (1878-1948), La Toilette (also known as Le Rimmel or L’elegante a sa Toilette), 1911, etching and aquatint, signed and inscribed “Recherche de couleurs”. [also signed and dated in the plate]. Reference: Felix Gatier 81, from the series L’Elegantes de Montmarte, 1911″ (4 plates), as edited by George Petit, and published in a suite of 100. In very good condition, on a heavy cream wove paper, the full sheet with deckle edges, 8 5/8 x 12 1/2, the sheet 13 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches.

A fine fresh impression of this colorful Fin de Siecle aquatint, printed in three colors.

In Le Rimmel (eyeliner) Gatier captures the spirit of the Belle Epoque, and demonstrates his facility with aquatint, and the method of using three color plates which apparently fascinated him -he wrote a treatise on the method, which is re-printed in the recently published catalogue raisonne of his prints.

Le Rimmel is the second plate of a series of four, showing a women of Montmarte waking, dressing (Le Rimmel), shopping, and then going out on the town. This is – in our view – the most interesting depiction in the series.

This will be sold together with the preparatory drawing (see listing above); $3200 the pair.

Pierre Gatier (1878-1944), Petite Rue Royale (Prise de l’angle de la rue Saint-Honore), 1922, etching.  Reference: Felix Gatier 193, sixth state (of 6). From the edition of 60 published with the catalogue raisonne of Gatier’s prints in 2004 by Felix Gatier [numbered 21/60 and with the Pierre Gatier blindstamp.   In pristine condition, the full sheet, 4 3/8 x 6 3/4, the sheet 9 3/4 x 8 1/2.

A fine impression, printed on a firm cream wove paper with full margins, deckle edges.

The lifetime first edition of Petite Rue Royale was printed in an edition of 30 after 19 proofs were pulled in proof states.

$150

Detail

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