Auguste Brouet - The Bow - Ba 442
Ba 442

The Bow

etching (1920)
On the stage in front of the ramp, a ballerina is wearing her arms: one leg bent forward, the other stretched backwards, the arms are carried forward. On the left the prompter's hole. A rose has been thrown on the stage.
2nd state, 178 mm × 132 mm.
Printed at 100 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 232, IFF 16.4, BPL 13, BN, EG 19.
Final state, shadows reworked by sanding (?).

Priv. coll.
Previous state
1st state, 178 mm × 132 mm.
Printed at 3 impressions.
Boutitie 232 A, BPL 13, EB 43.
Before the rose and the reinforced shadows.