Marie Bracquemond, Portrait, 1899, Original Lithograph

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Marie Bracquemond (1840-1916)

Portrait

Original Lithograph from the glorious portfolio "L'Estampe Moderne", issue #23 (March 1899)

On wove paper

Year: … Read more Marie Bracquemond (1840-1916)

Portrait

Original Lithograph from the glorious portfolio "L'Estampe Moderne", issue #23 (March 1899)

On wove paper

Year: 1899

Size (sheet): 405 x 305 mm
Size (image): 295 x 210 mm

Signed in the plate, bottom right

Blind stamp of the publisher, bottom right, out of the image

Excellent condition: minor signs of age
Great colours
Full margins (not cropped, not trimmed)

Same print in:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, inventory: 2014.695.qq

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About the Collection (L'Estampe Moderne)

L'Estampe Moderne appeared in 1897-1899 as a series of 24 monthly fascicles, each containing 4 original lithographs, printed by Parisian Imprimerie Champenois. Many accomplished European Art Nouveau painters contributed works to this publication, which contained only Original prints invented and produced especially for this collection. The publication was edited by Charles Masson and H. Piazza. Each issue came in a paper cover bearing an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha.
Each lithograph was accompanied by a tissue containing the details (title of the artwork, name of the artist, etc.) and a short text by a well-known author who inspired the artist (this one being by Pierre de Ronsard).
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About the artist

Marie Bracquemond (1840 – 1916) was a French Impressionist artist. She was one of four notable women in the Impressionist movement, along with Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and Eva Gonzalès. Bracquemond studied drawing as a child and began showing her work at the Paris Salon when she was still an adolescent. She never underwent formal art training, but she received limited instruction from Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and advice from Paul Gauguin which contributed to her stylistic approach.

She married noted printmaker Félix Bracquemond, who helped popularize Japanese art in France. Together, they produced ceramic art for Haviland & Co., a manufacturer of Limoges porcelain. Marie's frequent omission from books on artists is sometimes attributed to the efforts of her husband. Although Félix participated with the Impressionist exhibitions, he notably disapproved of the movement at which his wife excelled. Indeed, Pierre Bracquemond, their son, stated that his father was jealous of Marie's work, belittled her ambition, and refused to show her paintings to visitors.

Marie participated in three out of the eight major Impressionist exhibitions, submitting her work to the fourth (1879), fifth (1880), and eighth (1889) group showings. During her lifetime as an artist, Bracquemond produced at least 157 original works, of which only 31 have been located and catalogued in existing collections today, with the rest having disappeared into various private collections without record. Her only two solo exhibitions were held after her death. Some of her most famous works include The Lady in White (1880), On the Terrace at Sèvres (1880), Afternoon Tea (1880), and Under the Lamp (1887)
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from the text on the tissue paper, by Pierre de Ronsard:

Si le croissant au premier mois j’avise,
Je pense voir son sourcil ressemblant
A l’arc d’un Turc qui la sagette a mise
Dedans la coche, et menace le blanc.

Quand à mes yeux les estoilles drillantes
Viennent la nuict en temps calme s’offrir,
Je pense voir ses prunelles ardantes,
Que je ne puis ny fuire ny souffrir.

Quand j’apperçoy la rose sur l’espine,
Je pense voir de ses lèvres le teint ;
Mais la beauté de l’une au soir decline,
L’autre beauté jamais ne se desteint.

Quand j’apperçoy les fleurs dans une prée
S’espanouir au lever du soleil,
Je pense voir de sa face pourprée
Et de son sein le beau lustre vermeil.

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Important:

. The listing is for the original print, in the above mentioned excellent condition.
. The original tissue paper introduction will be given to the buyer as a gift
. The cover by Mucha and the edition (back of the cover) are shown as a reference and proof of authenticity This piece has an attribution mark,
I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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