Masked Ball (Bal Masqué)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1899, edition 30. 11 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, upper left corner. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream ARCHES watermarked paper. The margins appear to be full and untrimmed. This print was probably printed by Eugène Delâtre and published by Sagot. Ranft was born in Switzerland and later moved to Paris where he studied with Courbet and learned about engraving from from Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. He was a full member off the the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Ranft produced about eighty-five etchings in color which are considered his finest medium. Ex-collection: Eric Carlson, New York.
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Trottins (Errands)
Etching, 1894, Stein/Karshan 61, edition 100. 15 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. Signed in the plate. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good with only a very faint suggestion of toning within a previous mat opening and a tiny loss at the upper left corner of the sheet. This memorable work was published in "L'Estampe Originale" (Album VIII, plate 78.)
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Trottins (Errands)
Etching, 1894, Stein / Karshan 61, edition 100. 15 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a sturdy cream paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This memorable work was published in L'Estampe Originale (Album VIII, plate 78) and bears their blindstamp in the lower left corner of the sheet. This impression is from the collection of Rudolf L. Mayer (Lugt 4534).
$2,400