Auguste Brouet - The Dog Shearer - Ba 243
Ba 243

The Dog Shearer

dry point (1920)
Sitting at the corner of the street, near a window well, the dog shearer, his paraphernalia scattered about, pauses to hear a gossipy woman carrying a poodle in her arms.
2nd state, 132 mm × 130 mm.
Printed at 100 impressions.
Boutitie 305, BPL 13.
Final state, with many additional shadows on the figures of the shearer and the old woman, as well as on the tools on the ground.

Amherst College
Previous state
1st state, 132 mm × 130 mm.
Printed at 15 impressions.
Boutitie 305, BPL 13.
In line, with some shadows suggested in particular around the figure of the shearer.

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