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Auguste Brouet - The Knife Grinder - Ba 280
Ba 280

The Knife Grinder

etching (1931)
A grinder seen from behind, at the crossroads of a narrow street.
2nd state, 158 mm × 202 mm.
Printed at 100 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
IFF 28.8, BN, Auteur.
Final state.

Priv. coll.
Plate from a suite of six published by Devambez in 1931. The plate was cancelled after printing. The viewpoint is the same as an illustration of La Bièvre et Saint-Séverin by Huysmans: it is the exit of the rue St Julien le Pauvre into the rue Galande.
Previous state
1st state, 158 mm × ca 225 mm.
Printed at 25 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
With three remarques in foot and before cutting the plate

Priv. coll.