Jacques James Joseph Tissot. 1836-1902.
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En plein soleil. (In the Sunlight). 1881. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 54, Béraldi 45, Wentworth 54. 7 13/16 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 15). Edition about 100. Printed on off-white laid paper. The plate was included in A portfolio of Autograph Etchings, published by James R. Osgood and Co., Boston, 1881. Impressions of En plein soleil from this portfolio are signed in pencil and bear the artist's red stamp (Lugt 1545). A rich impression. $7,000.
La Galerie du 'Calcutta' (Souvenir d'en Bal à Bord). 1898.Drypoint. Wentworth 25. 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 (sheet 14 5/8 x 19). Edition of 25 in Ten Etchings and 25 separate plates; total edition 50. A rich impression with drypoint burr printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil, lower left, and with the artist's red stamp (Lugt 1545) in the image lower right. Price upon request.
Le hamac (The Hammock). 1880. Etching and drypoint. Wentworth 46. 10 5/16 x 7 1/4 (sheet 14 1/2 x 9 7/16). Edition of about 100. A rich impression with drypoint burr printed on cream laid paper with a partial Strasbourg Lily watermark. Signed in the plate and in pencil and and with the artist's red stamp (Lugt 1545) in the image lower right. $9,000.
Another proof, printed on cream wove paper, 13 5/8 x 10. Signed in the plate and with the artist's red stamp(Lugt 1545). $5,000.
Printemps (Spring). 1878. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 30, Béraldi 27, Wentworth 34. 15 5/8 x 6 (sheet 24 x 10 1/8). Edition about 100. Slight mat stain; otherwise fine condition. A rich impression printed on cream 'Van Gelder Zonen' laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Housed in a gold-leaf Whistler-type frame with a silk mat (Frame size 31 1/2 x 18). Signed in the plate, upper right. $7,500.
Querrelle d'amoureux. (Quarreling). 1870. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 11, Béraldi 11, Wentworth 18. 11 7/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 13 1/2 x 8 7/16). Edition 50: 25 published in Ten Etchings and 25 separate. A rich impression with burr printed on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate, and with Tissot's red stamp (Lugt 1545) in the plate. Price upon request.