Angélique
à Sa Porte (original French title)
Soft-ground etching, etching, and
aquatint on laid paper, 1890.
Reference: Morane 15.
We present two states of the same
etching. Morane mentions a single early state before aquatint. He had however
most certainly not known of our early state, which already has some aquatint
added. The plate was, however, completely worked over beyond this early state.
More aquatint and line etching were added, and Delavalée also clearly focused
his attention on the contrast of light and shade, perhaps even burnishing some
parts of the plate.
Both impressions signed, one annotated,
one numbered in pencil.
Plate: 10 ⅝ x 4 ⅜ inches.
