Le Sentier / Arbres prés d'un Lac (two plates printed on same sheet for publication) by Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Le Sentier / Arbres prés dun Lac (two plates printed on same sheet for publication) by Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Le Sentier / Arbres prés d'un Lac (two plates printed on same sheet for publication)

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

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Title

Le Sentier / Arbres prés d'un Lac (two plates printed on same sheet for publication)

 
Artist
Year
c. 1875  
Technique
drypoint 
Image Size
3 9/16 x 2 3/8" platemark / 3-3/8 x 3-7/16" platemark 
Signature
both signed in the plate, lower image, left 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
named written in unidentified hand, along bottom right margin edge 
Reference
BN inv. 28a / BN inv. 28b 
Paper
cream wove 
State
proof; the only printing published in 1917 in the Gazette des Beaux - Arts. 
Publisher
Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1917 (only issue) 
Inventory ID
18599 
Price
$1,250.00 
Description

By 1875 painter and printmaker Henri-Joseph Harpignies had begun to establish himself as an internationally recognized artist. In a few years his work would hang in galleries in London and New York, and he would become a sought-after mentor for artists throughout Europe. His engravings were published with some frequency at this point and his style reflected a love of idyllic, Old Master ideology. He made clear his affinity for Italian Old Masters - despite the claim of critics that he belonged in the Barbizon School.

In Le Sentier (The Path) and Arbres pres d’une Lac (Trees near a Lake), he communicates in miniature what he aims for in his large oils: a softness of line without sacrificing detail, and a sense of tranquil solitude. In each image a lone figure is seen strolling and sitting in a wintery landscape, the bare branches of trees delicately stretching out against a white sky. Even in such small formats, it is clear what the artist is trying to convey: a love of nature, and humankind’s place within it.

 
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