Hermine DAVID - Forgeron, 1946 - Etching

Hermine DAVID - Forgeron, 1946 - Gravure 2

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Hermine David (1886-1970)
Forgeron, 1946

Etching on Vélin de Rives BFK paper.

One of the 262 copies on Vélin de Rives BFK paper, out of a total edition of 300.

Signed on the plate lower margin.

Dimensions:
+ Size of the sheet: 25 x 32.5 cm / 9,8 x 12,7 in.
+ Size of the image: 19,5 x 26 cm / 7,6 x 10,2 in.

Condition: In very good condition, with soft handling creases at the edges and some minor stains in the margins. Image very clean otherwise.

Issued from the in-4 "Alternance", an anthology of 16 unpublished texts by multiple authors such as Paul Éluard and Jean Cassou, illustrated by Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, Daragnès, Laboureur, Édouard Goerg, Marie Laurencin, Jacques Villon, and more.

Printed by Quesneville.

Edited by Le Gerbier, Paris.

This in-4 is numbered 99/300. Please note that the plate your purchase is NOT numbered.

Dimensions :
- Height : 25 cm
- Width : 32,5 cm

Etching : Process realized on a metal plate using a chemical (acid) process. The artist using etching is called an aquafortist.
Hermine David : Hermine David, de son vrai nom Hermine-Lionette Cartan-David, est une artiste peintre et graveuse française née le 19 avril 1886 à Paris, morte le 1er décembre 1970 à Bry-sur-Marne. Membre de l'École de Paris de la première moitié du xxe siècle, elle entre à l'Académie Julian et intègre l'atelier de Jean-Paul Laurens de 1902 à 1905.