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J.E.LABOUREUR H.Signed Etching French

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J.E.LABOUREUR H.Signed Etching French
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JEAN EMILE LABOUREUR 1877-1943
1877-1943 (French)

Title: View of the Castle of Villaines / Vue du Chateau de Villaines, 1923

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on vellum paper

Paper Size: 29 x 45 cm / 11.4 x 17.7 in

Image Size: 19 x 41 cm / 7.5 x 16.1 in

Additional Information: The etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Laboureur" in the lower left margin and hand numbered in pencil at the lower right margin "17/60".
Additionally, the work is signed and dated in the plate in the lower left corner of the image, and titled in the bottom center of the margin.
This impression is the final (fourth) state out of four. The etching was printed in 1923 in a limited edition of 60 impressions and published by Henri Petiet.
The paper bears the chopmark of H. Petiet, Editeur, Paris.
Stamped verso with the Henri M. Petiet collection stamp (the initials 'H.M.P.' in an oval) in black ink.

Provenance: Henri Marie Petiet Collection.
Henri M. Petiet (1894-1980) was an important Parisian collector, publisher and dealer in prints and drawings of such artists as Bonnard, Vuillard, Luce, Signac, Matisse, Rouault, Villon, Vlaminck, Dufy, Picasso, Laurencin as well as Laboureur.

Literature: LOYER, Jacqueline, 1962. Laboureur, Oeuvre Grave et Lithographie. Paris: Tournon.
Reference: L. 248

Condition: Very good condition. A few very small foxing spots on the front and back side and light surface dirt. Tape remains verso.