Ba 412

Portrait of Séveilhac

etching (1926)

The model poses seated, wearing a hat under the sun, with his fingers crossed.

2^nd state, 196 mm × 258 mm.
Printed at 30 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 304, IFF 37.2.

With some additional shadow work especially on the back of the hat.

Priv. coll.

Plate printed by Vernant for Estampe Moderne and described in the Bibliographie de la France (Timbrage, May 9, 1924, p. 132, no. 1512: Portrait de Séveillac (sic), original etching by Brouet, 0,26×0,19 1/2, without remarques; 1st state: 10 proofs on Arches paper at 500 fr; 2nd state and print run: 30 proofs on Arches paper at 400 fr; and 7 May 1926, no. 189: Baryton (le) Séveillac (sic), etching by Brouet, price 400 fr, Paris, impr. Paul Séveilhac, baritone, born in Marmande in 1866, had an international career as an opera singer during the Belle Epoque. In 1906 he married the Canadian soprano Pauline Donalda in London. After the Great War he left the stage and taught at the Bordeaux Conservatory. He died in 1942 in his native city.