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Auguste Brouet - Flea Market (2nd plate) - Ba 308
Ba 308

Flea Market (2nd plate)

etching (1928)
Scene from the suburbs. A seated ragpicker, accompanied by a child, displays his merchandise under the shelter of a large awning. Among the most beautiful pieces, a guitar. In the background the animation of the suburbs. The Sacré-Coeur can be made out in the distance.
4th state, 278 mm × 179 mm.
Boutitie 354, IFF 31.7.
Print of the Chalcography, with the letter. The tablet and the remarques have been cut off.

Cornelll Univ. Library
Board commissioned by the State for the Chalcographie (inv. no. 6830). Brouet, an amateur musician after having been an apprentice to a luthier, played the guitar.
Previous states
3rd state, 278 mm × 213 mm.
With five remarques.

Clars Auction Gallery
2nd state, 278 mm × 213 mm.
Printed at 100 impressions.
Boutitie 354.
After modelling, with the buildings in the background and three remarques.

1st state, 278 mm × 213 mm.
Printed at 15 impressions.
Boutitie 354.
Pure linework, before the background, with one remarque.