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Auguste Brouet - The Antique Dealer - Ba 15
Ba 15

The Antique Dealer

(1904)
Piles of second-hand pieces of furniture and worn out housegoods clutter the doorstep, climb up the walls and invade the shop of the antique dealer. Peering through the open door, we make out slightly more inviting decoration items. Sitting at a panneled pulpit, the dealer is absorbed in reading one of his old books.
5th state, 89 mm × 89 mm.
IFF 2.2, BPL 4, BPL 13, Universität Osnabrück, auteur, EB 29, EG 13, PGF 1909.
With the address Grégoire, 3 rue de Maistre.

The first state was printed at 25 impressions on japan and 30 on holland. Later the plate was cut and used repeatedly for business cards, with a large print stand etched in the forefront. Eventually impressions of the plate were used for the book on Brouet in the Les Artistes du Livre series (Hesse 1930).
Previous states
4th state, 89 mm × 89 mm.
Printed at 30 impressions.
BPL 4, BPL 13, Universität Osnabrück, auteur, EB 29, EG 13, PGF 1909.
The plate cut down and the letter polished out, before the new address for Grégoire.

3rd state, 133 mm × 87 mm.
IFF 2.2, BPL 4, BPL 13, Universität Osnabrück, auteur, EB 29, EG 13, PGF 1909.
With the address Delâtre, 87 rue Lepic, Tirages en Noir et en Couleurs, Leçons Particulières and the added print stand.

2nd state, 133 mm × 87 mm.
Printed at 25 impressions.
Boutitie 69, BPL 4, BPL 13, Universität Osnabrück, auteur, EB 29, EG 13, PGF 1909.
The plate has been cut and partially erased, with only the remnant figure of the dealer. The cancellation marks have been erased. A print stand has been added in the foreground. Before the letter for the address-card of Delâtre. Around 1906.

1st state, 180 mm × 130 mm.
Printed at 55 impressions and 5 ou 6 state proofs.
Boutitie 68, BPL 4, BPL 13, Universität Osnabrück, auteur, EB 29, EG 13, PGF 1909.
The plate has been cancelled after printing.