Eugène Delâtre (1864-1938) - Lot 170

Eugène Delâtre (1864-1938) En Bretagne - Maufra dessinant. (Cover for the album of etchings and lithographs by Maufra, published by L'Estampe Originale, 1894). Etching and aquatint. 347 x 490, printed in color. Fine proof on the upper cover of a jacketed ivory vellum folio, covered with the two red stamps of E. Delâtre (Lugt 5183) and A. Delâtre (L. 105: "His reproduced mark, bearing his initials A. D., appears only on etchings by his son Eugène, printed when the printing house was still owned by Auguste Delâtre"). Slight oxidation when the passe-partout is opened. Some scattered light foxing. Fine thread-like marks of rubbing on the surface. Tiny tears at the edges of the folio. Stamp R. T. This print was featured in the following exhibitions: Henri Rivière, Le Faouët, 1995; Cent ans d'estampes en Bretagne, Le Faouët, 1998. "Eugène Delâtre is the son of the famous Auguste Delâtre, printer to the Impressionists. Eugène, an engraver and outstanding technician, drew on his father's experience to draw inspiration from Japanese woodcuts and renew the art of the original color print. A friend of Maufra and Beaufrère, he often worked in Brittany. He was an advisor and printer to many engravers of the period." (Cent ans d'estampes en Bretagne, Le Faouët, 1998, p. 21).