Auguste Brouet - The Junk Shop Lady - Ba 222
Ba 222

The Junk Shop Lady

etching (1920)
She waits patiently for the customer standing at the threshold of her shop. A child is sitting at her feet. In front of the façade, which occupies the full image width, a heterogeneous display on the pavement: a bicycle, a trunk, a stove, a sewing machine,...
2nd state, 185 mm × 120 mm.
Printed at 75 impressions, 2 state proofs and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 265, IFF 19.6, BPL, BN.
The modelling was added and the shadows finished with etching and drypoint.
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Priv. coll.
Previous state
1st state, 185 mm × 120 mm.
Printed at 2 state proofs.
Boutitie 265, BPL.
In line, with only a few shadows sketched in etching.