Pantheon (plate 6 from the Paris portfolio of 11 engravings) by Joseph Hecht

Pantheon (plate 6 from the Paris portfolio of 11 engravings) by Joseph Hecht

Pantheon (plate 6 from the Paris portfolio of 11 engravings)

Joseph Hecht

Title

Pantheon (plate 6 from the Paris portfolio of 11 engravings)

 
Artist

Joseph Hecht

  1891 - 1951 (biography)
Year
1933  
Technique
Burin engraving 
Image Size
6 5/8 x 8 7/17" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
1 of 4 impressions from the 9th state of 9 (there were a total of 55 various proofs), outside the pu 
Annotations
In pencil, lower center: "Paris 5 August 1935" 
Reference
Tonneau-Ryckelynck/Plumart 230; state ix/ix, 4 proofs 
Paper
handmade, Montval laid, with artist's watermark and Montval watermark. 
State
ix/ix 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
19216 
Price
SOLD
Description

The Pantheon is located in the Latin Quarter in Paris. Originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens. It is an early example of neo-classicism, with a façade modelled on the Pantheon in Rome, surmounted by a dome that owes some of its character to Bramante's Tempietto.

Located in the 5th arrondissement on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, the Panthéon looks out over all of Paris. Designer Jacques-Germain Soufflot had the intention of combining the lightness and brightness of the Gothic cathedral with classical principles, but its role as a mausoleum required the great Gothic windows to be blocked. (Wikipedia).

This is a state proof impression of the engraving "Pantheon" by Hecht. It was the sixth image in a series of ten engravings titled "Paris," done in 1933 and issued by the artist as a portfolio. An eleventh, unsigned engraving, "Armoiries" was pasted to the cover of the linen portfolio. The portfolio was published by Hecht in the ninth state in an edition of 90 plus 10 that contained 2 proofs from each of the earlier states. One portfolio also contained all the drawings.

This impression is one of the four state proofs from the ninth and final state. This impression is dated 1935, probably when the portfolio this impression is from was assembled.