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Auguste Brouet - The Lute Maker - Ba 37
Ba 37

The Lute Maker

etching (1910)
The portrait of a rather bald man, with a goatee and emaciated features. His penetrating gaze filters through small metal-rimmed glasses.
2nd state, 50 mm × 83 mm.
Printed at 50 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 2.
Final state.

Galerie Christian Collin
This would be a portrait of the violin-maker with whom Brouet was apprenticed, according to Thomé (Atalante, n° 2, 1942).
Previous state
1st state, 50 mm × 83 mm.
Printed at 50 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
BPL 13.
Prior to the dry point shadow reinforcement work.