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Auguste Brouet - The One Man Orchestra - Ba 271
Ba 271

The One Man Orchestra

etching (1925)
A clown, in a street, plays a kind of hurdy-gurdy. He carries a multitude of percussion instruments on his back and operates them with wire controls.
2nd state, 86 mm × 129 mm.
Printing of the Chalcography.

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Plate published by l'Estampe Moderne and described in the Bibliographie de la France (Timbrage, 5 November 1925, n° 1580: M. Brouet, 4 rue Camille Tahan, L'Homme Orchestre, 91 prints on various papers, 400 fr). The plate was acquired by the Chalcographie in 1932 (inv. no. 7181).
Previous state
1st state, 86 mm × 129 mm.
Printed at 75 impressions, 6 state proofs and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 330, IFF 28.11, BPL 13, Universität Osnabrück, EH 17.

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