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Auguste Brouet - The Small Rag-Pickers - Ba 80
Ba 80

The Small Rag-Pickers

etching (1909)
A man pushes his small car pulled by a dog. On the right, a young boy carries a bag; on the left, a dilapidated shack. The plate has a scattered aquatint grain.
3rd state, 120 mm × 160 mm.
IFF 1.1, BN, Universität Osnabrück.
The deleted letter. The differences with the first state are then minimal. The bite defects that form spandrels in the upper corners are attenuated, as is the black dot in the middle of the lower edge. These proofs bear the numbering of the Petiet/Alexis edition (ca. 1925).

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Printed by Delâtre, the plate belonged to J. Borderel. It was then used for a menu of the Friends of the Books, then in 1925 for the Petiet edition. It was printed by Vernant at 30 on Japon and 60 on tinted Arches.
Previous states
2nd state, 120 mm × 160 mm.
Printed at 40 impressions.
For a 'Friends of the Books' menu, after 1913.

1st state, 120 mm × 160 mm.
Printed at 3 ou 5 impressions.
Boutitie 6, BPL 7.
Before the letter.

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