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Auguste Brouet - Chestnut Seller - Ba 268
Ba 268

Chestnut Seller

etching (1926)
Behind a fruit and vegetable stall, a chestnut seller in front of his fireplace. A couple of passers-by stopped.
2nd state, 129 mm × 135 mm.
Printed at 75 impressions, 6 state proofs and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 346, IFF 28.2, EH 36.
Final state.

Priv. coll.
Print published by l'Estampe Moderne and described in the Bibliographie de la France (23 July 1926, p. 184, no. 1605: Le Marchand de Marrons, original etching by Brouet, 0.135×0.130, without remarques. Edition of 91 proofs on various papers and states, at 500 and 700 fr). The plate was given to the Chalcographie (inv. no. 7177).
Previous state
1st state, × .
Boutitie 346, EH 36.
This first state is mentioned by the Bibliographie de la France and in the catalogue of the exhibition at the Hodebert Gallery in 1927.