Verneuil

 

Samuel V. Chamberlain

  1895 - 1975 (biography)

1929  

drypoint 

9 1/16 x 6 3/4" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

61 of 100  

pencil editioned 

Chamberlain 88; BPL, "Etched in Sunlight", page 203, illustrated, page 57. 

thin, antique-white laid "Chiffon" watermarked paper (upper left) 

published 

American Society of Etchers, Presentation plate 

18966 

SOLD

This drypoint depicts the Verneuil-sur-Avre Cathedal in Normandy, France. It is an excellent example of Chamberlain's mastery of drypoint and and his love for architecture. In 1939 John Taylor Arms etched the same subject, which he titled "Aspiration, La Madeleine..." but which printed the image of the cathedral in reverse. This impression is printed on a very thin sheet of laid paper with the watermark "Chiffon" which is barely visible in the upper left corner of the image. The plate cut the paper in the upper right corner, which has been re-inforced, the image itself is pristine. The print has been priced to reflect this minimal damage.