Auguste Lepère – L’Estampe Moderne : Loups de mer, 1898

By LEPERE Auguste (1849-1918)

Auguste LEPÈRE (1849–1918)
Loups de mer, 1898 — from L’Estampe Moderne, no. 10, February 1898
Original colour lithograph on wove paper, printed by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris, for Ch. Masson & H. Piazza
L’Estampe Moderne blindstamp (Lugt 2790) in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: 40.5 × 30.5 cm (15.9 × 12 in.)
Image: 34.2 × 25.2 cm (13.5 × 9.9 in.)
Condition:
Good condition. Minor defects confined to the margins: light creases and small marginal tears, not affecting the image; light soiling in the upper left margin. Unframed.
Inspired by Jean Richepin’s poem “En ramant”. Lepère, the great renewer of original wood engraving, carries the bold black cut of the woodblock into lithography.
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