Félix Bracquemond (1883-1914) after Gustave Moreau (1826-1898).
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Illustrations for the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. 1886. The complete set of six etchings, each mounted on its original support sheet and signed in pencil by Bracquemond. Each has the oval blindstamp as first issued by Boussod, Valadon & Co., the year in which Moreau's watercolors of of these subjects were exhibited. Moreau was one of the fathers of the Symbolist movement in France.
All six proofs are printed on smooth simile Japan paper with full margins. Each is hinged to its original support mount, as first issued. The proofs are in excellent condition; the mounts have scattered foxing, but the proofs do not. $8,500 the complete set of six.
"Le Bon Amoureuse" (The Lion in Love). 1886. Etching. Image: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4; plate: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2.
"La Discord." (The Goddess, Discord). 1886. Etching. Image: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4; plate: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2).
"L'homme qui court après la fortune." (The Man who ran after Fortune). 1886. Etching. Image: 12 1/2 x 7 15/16; plate :15 5/8 x 10 1/4.
"Le singe et le chat" (The Monkey and the Cat). 1886. Etching. Image: 11 7/8 x 8 15/16; plate: 15 1/8 x 10 1/2.
"Le songe d'un habitant du Mogol" (The Wishes -- the Dream of a resident of Mogol). 1886. Etching. Image: 10 3/16 x 8; plate: 13 7/8 x 12 3/4.
"La tête et la queue du serpent (The Countryman and the Serpent -- the Head and Tail of a Serpent,. 1886. Etching. Image: 11 1/2 x 8; plate: 15 x 10.
Félix Bracquemond.
Portrait of Corot. 1861. Etching. Béraldi 24. 3 1/2 x 3 1/4. A proof on chine collé, as published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1861. Monogrammed in the plate. $225.
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