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Auguste Brouet - Chestnut Seller - Ba 268
Ba 268

Chestnut Seller

etching (1926)
Behind a fruit and vegetable stall, a chestnut seller in front of his fireplace. A couple of passers-by stopped.
2nd state, 129 mm × 135 mm.
Printed at 75 impressions, 6 state proofs and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 346, IFF 28.2, EH 36.
Final state.
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Priv. coll.
Print published by l'Estampe Moderne and described in the Bibliographie de la France (23 July 1926, p. 184, no. 1605: Le Marchand de Marrons, original etching by Brouet, 0.135×0.130, without remarques. Edition of 91 proofs on various papers and states, at 500 and 700 fr). The plate was given to the Chalcographie (inv. no. 7177).
Previous state
1st state, × .
Boutitie 346, EH 36.
This first state is mentioned by the Bibliographie de la France and in the catalogue of the exhibition at the Hodebert Gallery in 1927.